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This state-specific page on Missouri provides new materials published by Families USA, key health contacts, state government links, news and views from the state, and other resources that might be helpful to Missouri advocates. Click on the links below to view the information you are interested in.
Key Health Contacts
Children's Benefits Service for Families
1 Armour Boulevard, Suite 301
Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone: 816-931-8687
Fax: 816-931-5239
E-mail: sklein@crn.org
Web site: www.crn.org/cbsf
Citizens for Missouri's Children
1 Campbell Plaza, Suite 2A
St. Louis, MO 63139
Phone: 314-647-2003
Fax: 314-644-5437
E-mail: cmchild@mokids.org
Web site: www.mokids.org
Legal Services of Eastern MO
4232 Forest Park Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108
Phone: 314-534-4200
Fax: 314-534-1425
Web site: http://www.lsem.org/
Missouri Association of Social Welfare
606 East Capitol Avenue
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Phone: 573-634-2901
Fax: 573-635-1648
E-mail: CitizenVoice@masw.org
Web site: http://www.masw.org/
Missouri Consumer Health WATCH
c/o League of Women Voters
23 Lenox Place
St. Louis, MO 63108
Phone: 314-361-4752
Fax: 314-361-0478
Missouri Primary Care Association (MPCA)
3325 Emerald Lane
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Phone: 573-636-4222
Fax: 573-636-4585
E-mail: info@mo-pca.org
Web site: www.mo-pca.org/
The Missouri Primary Care Association (MPCA) is a nonprofit corporation founded in November 1984 as an alliance of Community and Migrant Health Centers. It functions as an advocacy voice for the medically indigent, and explores and implements activities aimed at providing and promoting high quality, accessible, and personalized health care services to urban and rural populations (regardless of ability to pay) in the state of Missouri. Another objective of the Association is to guarantee the voice of the community in local health care delivery. As such, the Association actively involves consumers and providers of primary care services with governmental agencies that plan for delivery of primary health care.
Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition
5585 Pershing Avenue, Suite 150
St. Louis, MO 63112
Phone: 314-531-2288
Fax: 314-533-1805
E-mail: moprovote@mindspring.com
Web site: http://www.missouriprovote.org/Home.asp
NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) of Missouri
1001 Southwest Boulevard, Suite E
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Phone: 800-374-2138
Fax: 573-761-5636
E-mail: keele@aol.com
Web site: http://mo.nami.org/
NAMI of Missouri is a nonprofit, volunteer organization dedicated to making life better for individuals and families whose lives have been touched by mental illness. They provide education courses for consumers, family members, parents, and mental health professionals. They also provide informational packets on various psychiatric disorders, medications, coping skills, and therapies. The group publishes a quarterly newsletter and holds an annual statewide conference. In addition, NAMI of Missouri has 16 chapters throughout the state that provide assistance through support groups and contacts, advocacy, and other educational programs and materials.
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State Government Links
State of Missouri Web site
State Department of Insurance Web site
The Missouri Department of Social Services Web site has information on the state's health care programs.
Visit the Medicaid page of the state's Web site for more information on Medicaid.
The Managed Care Plus (MC+) Program is designed to serve certain Medicaid recipients that meet specified eligibility criteria. The Program's goal is to improve the accessibility and quality of health care services for Missouri's Medicaid and state-aid-eligible populations.
The Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan provides health coverage for state employees and for state residents whose employers have elected to join the plan.
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Other Resources
Bad Medicine: The President's Medicaid Regulations Will Weaken Missouri's Economy States are facing a recession and reduced revenues. In 2007, the Bush Administration issued seven new regulations that together will strip an estimated $50 billion in federal funds from states over the next five years. These state-specific reports quantify the harm that these regulations will cause to state economies in terms of lost federal dollars, business activity, jobs, and wages. (April 2008) [Families USA]
Dying for Coverage in Missouri or the more than 47 million Americans who are uninsured, lack of health insurance can have dire consequences: medical debt, missed care, and even premature death. This first-ever state-specific report examines the number of deaths due to lack of health insurance. (March 2008) [Families USA]
Insure Missouri: Too Little, Too Late examines Governor Blunt's proposal to provide health coverage to uninsured Missourians. It finds that the plan's eligibility criteria leave out many low-income uninsured adults, the coverage offered is missing key benefits, the cost-sharing is too high, and the plan is built on shaky financing mechanisms. (January 2008) [Families USA]
Too Great a Burden: Missouri's Families at Risk finds that more and more Missouri families are spending a substantial share of their incomes on health care costs, and most of these families have insurance. Faced with high health care costs and tight budgets, families are turning to credit cards to finance their care, and many are falling into medical debt. (November 2007) [Families USA]
Insure Missouri: Early Observations provides an analysis of the governor's three-phase program, Insure Missouri, which would expand health coverage to uninsured, low-income Missourians. (October 2007) [Legal Services of Eastern Missouri]
When an Apple A Day Isn't Enough: Students in Missouri Speak Out about Health Care contains the winning essays from the "When an Apple a Day Isn't Enough" national essay contest as well as basic information about why health insurance matters for children. [Families USA]
Guide to Finding Health Insurance Coverage: Millions of Americans have no health insurance, and finding health insurance can be difficult. If you are looking for coverage, this guide can help point the way. Whether you have recently lost your job, are an early retiree, or have a serious medical condition, this guide includes numerous resources that may help you find the coverage you need. (Updated March 2007) [Families USA]
Using Blunt Force on Missouri's Most Vulnerable Population analyzes the damage that could be done by SB 577, a proposal to replace the state's Medicaid program. (March 2007) [Families USA]
Premiums versus Paychecks: A Growing Burden for Missouri's Workers. The impact of changes in employer-based health insurance premiums and earnings in Missouri. (October 2006) l Press Release [Families USA]
NACHRI, in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), has released 2005 updates of their state-specific Medicaid fact sheets. These fact sheets detail the importance of the Medicaid program to the health care of children in every state, as well as the critical role children's hospitals and pediatricians play in serving all children. Click here for a map that will take you to information specific to your state. (July 2005) [National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI)]
Paying a Premium: The Added Cost of Care for the Uninsured in Missouri: A fact sheet with state-level data showing the dollar impact on private health insurance premiums of care provided to the uninsured. (June 2005) [Families USA]
Showdown in the Show-Me State: Governor Blunt vs. Medicaid: This report looks at Missouri's proposed severe Medicaid cuts, which would drive the state from the middle of the road to the bottom of the pack in terms of coverage for parents. (March 2005) [Families USA]
Medicaid Cuts Are Bad Medicine: This fact sheet describes how Medicaid helps your state's economy, supports the state's health care infrastructure, provides essential health care to the most vulnerable residents, and reduces the number of uninsured. (January 2005) [Families USA]
The Uninsured: A Closer Look: A fact sheet with state-level data from One in Three: Non-Elderly Americans without Health Insurance, 2002-2003. (June 2004) [Families USA]
Good Medicine for State Economies, 2004 Update: Medicaid provides essential health care services for an estimated 51 million people of all ages and economic classes. Medicaid also plays a unique role in stimulating state economies. This report provides national and state-level data on the effects of Medicaid spending on state business activity, employment, and employee earnings. These updated numbers can be used to predict the economic impact of potential state Medicaid spending increases or cuts in fiscal year 2005.| Medicaid Calculator with updated figures (May 2004) [Families USA]
Who's Uninsured in Missouri and Why? is a four-page fact sheet providing information on the uninsured population in the state -- their numbers and characteristics and some of the reasons they are uninsured. (November 2003) [Families USA]
Families USA has prepared state fact sheets that spell out the different amounts of help the House and Senate Medicare prescription drug bills would provide to low-income beneficiaries. Click here for this state's fact sheet. (July 2003) [Families USA]
Medicaid and State Budgets: An Overview of Five States' Experiences in 2001 presents a review of the role of Medicaid in the budgets of five states: Idaho, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, and Texas. In it, state-level researchers and policy experts from those states describe their state's Medicaid programs and overall fiscal situations, explain recent trends in Medicaid spending, and identify their state's responses to growing fiscal pressure in their Medicaid budgets. (March 2002) [Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured]
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