We strongly OPPOSE the political maneuvering that shot down Gov. Blunt’s Insure Missouri program. This proposal would have used state and federal dollars to subsidize private health insurance coverage for an estimated 54,500 low-income parents at the start and 190,000 over five years. Our guess is this worthwhile plan would have passed if it had been brought to a vote by House Speaker Rod Jetton of Marble Hill and Rep. Rob Schaaf of St. Joseph. Instead, they held it hostage while pursing their own agenda, and thousands will go without health coverage. read more

Matt Blunt saw the errors of the 2005 Medicaid cuts, proposing the “Insure Missouri” program to cover 55,000 working poor parents. It would have taken effect in March; within three years, it would have covered as many as 200,000 people.

But the idea quickly ran into a wall of disdain in Mr. Rod Jetton’s House. read more

Playing politics when people’s health is at stake is reprehensible.

Yet, it’s happening in the Missouri Legislature, where House Speaker Rod Jetton is killing any chances that Insure Missouri will live. read more

Gov. Matt Blunt’s plan to increase health care access is one patient making little progress this week in a political “game of chicken.” read more

After weeks of hand-wringing over health care, the Missouri Senate approved legislation Monday that includes a new version of Gov. Matt Blunt’s plan to help the uninsured. read more