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Disappointed but not deterred, Missouri Medicaid expansion proponents will...

By Richard von Glahn, Organizer, Missouri Jobs with JusticeSalus populi suprema lex estoThe welfare of the People Shall be the Supreme LawAs our legislature adjourns for the year, one cannot help but...

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Affordable Care Act: still much to be done

As I have mentioned in earlier posts, the implementation of the new health care law --- the Affordable Care Act (ACA) --- has been full of starts and stops.The latest situation centered on...

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Stop paying for procedures, start rewarding outcomes

By Mike Sherry, HCF guest blogger and KHI News Service journalistOutside of the fact that both are located in the Kansas City area, it’s hard to imagine two businesses more dissimilar than Cerner Corp....

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Dare I say it, ACA doesn’t go far enough

By Mike Sherry, HCF guest blogger and KHI News Service journalistJust like education and defense, health should be a core function of government.Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had my share of frustrations...

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The freedom to get sick and go broke

By Sheldon Weisgrau, Director of Health Reform Resource ProjectFreedomWorks, a self-declared leader in the “fight for lower taxes, less government, and more freedom,” wants you to burn your Obamacare...

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Marketplace launch will highlight need for medicaid expansion

By Jessica Hembree, HCF program/policy officerTomorrow marks the start of the first open enrollment period for the health insurance marketplace that was created as part of the Affordable Care Act (aka...

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The bigger story behind health reform

Before we bid farewell to an eventful year dominated by the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, our HCF associates take a look back at significant events and projects and share their insights about the...

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All in a day’s work: One health navigator's experience with the insurance...

By Erica Andrade, health navigator for El CentroEven though I’ve worked here as a health navigator long before “navigator” became synonymous with the health insurance marketplace and its anticipated...

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The muddled, messy, maddening, mystifying, magnificent Marketplace

By Sheldon Weisgrau, Director of Health Reform Resource ProjectError messages.Frozen screens.Inability to log in.Inability to log out.Endless buffering.Vanishing user names.Lost applications.By now,...

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Navigating the ACA

By Elizabeth Darr, Navigator at Shepherd's CenterNavigators are individuals — mostly volunteers — dedicated to assisting people in signing up for health insurance plans available under the Affordable...

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