Missouri’s voter-approved Medicaid expansion is finally underway after a bumpy legal battle, which means that about 275,000 more Missourians can now get health insurance from the state. If you’ve been ...

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) announced last week the state planned to expand the Medicaid program, under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which will provide healthcare coverage to an ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s delays in processing Medicaid applications — among the worst in the nation — have the attention of federal regulators, who will conduct a “focused review” of the ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s backlog of Medicaid applications dropped in February, but the average time it took to determine eligibility for them continued to exceed the federal limit. The median ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A federal report released Thursday shows ...

JEFFERSON CITY — A backlog of tens of thousands of new applications to Missouri's Medicaid program is gone, a state official told lawmakers Wednesday, as the state continues to slowly enroll residents ...

The exterior of a Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center on May 28, 2019 in St Louis (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images). Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has announced he will sign legislation ...

Average wait times for Missouri Medicaid applicants fell in September below the federally-allowed maximum for the first time in nearly a year. According to Missouri's Department of Social Services' ...

In this October file photo from Mountain View, Mo., Carolyn Hayes, 55, answers questions from Good Samaritan Care Clinic volunteer Vicky Medley, a retired Department of Social Services employee, to ...

Missouri’s delays in processing Medicaid applications — among the worst in the nation — have the attention of federal regulators, who will conduct a “focused review” of the problem, according to a ...

Missouri's backlog of Medicaid applications dropped in February, but the average time it took to determine eligibility for them continued to exceed the federal limit. The median time it took ...

A federal report released Thursday shows that Missouri ranks at or near the bottom nationally in terms of processing Medicaid applications in the federally permitted time. The report, issued by the ...