Missouri, especially rural Missouri, lives with poor health policy choices - The Examiner

Mark Twain: In Praise of Spiritual Crankiness

Missouri may have one of the strangest state nicknames. Legend has it that in 1899, a Democratic congressman (a species that now borders on extinction) named William Duncan Vandiver said, “I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I’m from Missouri. You’ve got to show me.” The nickname stuck, embraced by Missourians as a badge of their straightforwardnes…

Missouri, especially rural Missouri, lives with poor health policy choices - The Examiner

By Abby Ehrhardt Missouri Independent In Missouri, we don’t just live with fewer health-care options. We live with the knowledge that when help doesn’t come,… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close The post Missouri, especially rural Missouri, lives with poor health policy choices appeared first on The Examiner.

Coverage without care: What Medicaid expansion missed in Missouri • Missouri Independent

Missouri must tie Medicaid dollars to measurable outcomes such as access, staffing and infrastructure. Without those guardrails, expansion remains a policy in name, not in practice (Thomas Barwick/Getty Images)In Missouri, we don’t just live with fewer healthcare options. We live with the knowledge that when help doesn’t come, it’s not an accident. It’s policy. I’m a nurse. I’ve worked in rural hospitals, in short-staffed ICUs, in systems that h…