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...
View ArticleAffordable 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...
View ArticleStop 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....
View ArticleDare 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleMarketplace 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleAll 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...
View ArticleThe 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,...
View ArticleNavigating 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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