Show-Me Healthcare Cuts

A crackdown from the feds is likely worsen the already sketchy medical situation in many parts of Missouri.

Here's the word . . . 

Todd Richardson, director of MO HealthNet, the state’s health insurance program for low-income and disabled Missourians, told the Senate Appropriations Committee that the state could be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid costs under proposals being debated in Congress.

Roughly 70% of the state’s Medicaid funding comes from the federal government.

Richardson said that while his department is excited about some of the changes Congress is exploring, such as creating more flexibility for states to make Medicaid-related decisions, others will “present a challenge.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

MoINdie: Federal Medicaid cuts could leave Missouri with huge budget shortfall