Health policy wonk, advocate, and reformer. Working to make Missouri healthier. Still not from around here.
St. Louis, MO
Joined October 2013
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Half of Missouri adults have held medical debt at some point in the last five years, according to new report. Most of them — 78% of those under age 65 — had health insurance at the time they received the care that sent them into debt.
missouriindependent.com/2024… @MO_Independent
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Missouri has continued to struggle with a large backlog of Medicaid applications, leaving people hanging without covered care for weeks on end. Feds now looking at the situation. Time for answers.
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You’ll need to renew your MO HealthNet every year to stay covered. MO HealthNet is reviewing eligibility now to make sure you still qualify. Look out for official communications from MO HealthNet in the mail with what you need to do to keep your coverage. #YourHealthIsWorthIt
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Hello New Followers: I’m Cara. I’m a Black mother who covers gun violence, racial trauma and health for @KHNews. I’m based in the Midwest. My latest story honors the groundskeepers of a cemetery where young #gunviolence victims are buried. Read it here: bit.ly/3wECf6v
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Contrary to popular belief, a new @commonwealthfnd report finds Americans see docs less often & have among the lowest rate of practicing physicians & hospital beds per 1,000 population, when compared to international peers. And we're (still) paying more! buff.ly/3WSWsQH
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36% of counties in the US are #MaternalCare deserts, according to a new study. These areas are most common in the Midwest & South. This lack of maternal care is disproportionally impacting #Rural women and people of color, leading to worse health outcomes
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The requirement that Medicaid keep people continuously covered during the public health emergency has increased enrollment by 17.7 million.
When the emergency is declared over, millions could lose coverage and it will be a really, really big deal.
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(((Sheldon Weisgrau))) retweeted
GREAT NEWS👏
Biden Administration just approved Oregon’s Section 1115 Medicaid waiver
OR becomes 1st state to cover children continuously from birth through age 5
Children and adults 6 and older get 2 yrs of continuous coverage
Transformative change
bit.ly/3RkDlfw
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Child poverty, long a source of national shame, has plunged nearly 60 percent over the past generation, largely due to safety net expansions. Ronald Reagan's quip--we fought a war on poverty "and poverty won"--appears obsolete.
Details (w/@ChildTrends):
nytimes.com/2022/09/11/us/po…
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Make sure your student is prepared for the school year. When kids are covered through Missouri Medicaid, you’re covered for doctor visits, emergency care, dental care, mental health services, and more! See if you qualify at mydss.mo.gov because #YourHealthIsWorthIt
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Some remarkable results from a study HHS released on Friday afternoon. aspe.hhs.gov/sites/default/f…
Huge, disproportionate harm likely to befall children, Latinos, and other communities of color when Medicaid terminations resume after the public health emergency. Follow the🧵
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You can get every method of #BirthControl for free or at a low-cost at all 30 of #TheRightTime's health centers. Find the location nearest you. therighttime.org/where-to-ge…
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Amazing to see a nearly $1.8 million investment in Missouri's health clinics to achieve #healthequity through #data. Having sub-county level data that is timely and accurate is vital to optimizing our public health response, now and in the future.
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Join us, in partnership with the Altarum Institute, for a virtual convening where we’ll share the results of Missouri’s Consumer Health Experience State Survey which focuses on Missourians’ perceptions of a wide range of health system issues. bit.ly/3JHbkfQ
(((Sheldon Weisgrau))) retweeted
Join us, in partnership with the Altarum Institute, for a virtual convening where we’ll share the results of Missouri’s Consumer Health Experience State Survey which focuses on Missourians’ perceptions of a wide range of health system issues. bit.ly/3JHbkfQ
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As of the end of June, Medicaid applicants were waiting an average of 115 days for the state to process their paperwork. That is up from 106 days a month earlier, and more than double what federal regulations allow. #moleg #mogov via @clarabatess
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It looks like Democrats are on their way to giving the government the authority to negotiate the prices of certain drugs in Medicare and enhancing ACA affordability.
This would be the biggest health reform since passage of the ACA itself over 12 years ago.
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Texas is one of a dozen states that have not expanded Medicaid under the ACA, leaving 771,000 people with incomes below poverty uninsured.
States that have expanded Medicaid have seen improvements in access to mental health treatment.
kff.org/medicaid/report/the-…
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When the Missouri Gun Violence Project started, we thought we understood how much of a crisis gun violence is. But two years of reporting later, we not only proved ourselves wrong, but also realized how far behind news organizations are on accurately covering the issue.🧵@KCStar
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"There’s a large racial disparity in federal gun prosecutions in Missouri, data shows" (via @KCStar) #RacialEquity
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