Submitted by: Traci Gleason | Vice President, External Relations at Missouri Budget Project Note: This morning (July 1st), the U.S. Senate passed the reconciliation bill, which includes the cuts to Medicaid described below as well as major cuts to the SNAP program. The bill is currently in the House of Representatives for a vote. You...Lee mas

Date: February 12th, 2024To: Chairman Haden and Members, House Healthcare ReformFrom: Mallory Rusch, Executive Director, Empower MissouriRe: Our support for HB 1918 and HB 2626 Empower Missouri has spent more than 120 years fighting poverty in Missouri. Today, we come to present testimony on a bill which specifically targets our neighbors with the lowest incomes....Lee mas

A bipartisan group of Missouri lawmakers have proposed evidence-based policy that will help close to half of Missouri’s growing families. They seek to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to a full year – to give one year of uninterrupted access to healthcare after a person’s pregnancy ends.   Despite the fact that the bills...Lee mas

As I look back in my life, one specific policy has impacted nearly every decision I’ve ever made: Healthcare. I was a single mom during Obama’s first campaign. I worked two jobs which barely covered rent. Even while working more than 40 hours a week in a hospital, I didn’t have healthcare. I pieced together...Lee mas

This special Weekly Perspective is a collaboration between MO Jobs with Justice Organizing Director Richard Von Glahn and Empower Missouri’s Policy Manager Christine Woody.  During his state of the state, Governor Mike Parson recommended a long overdue 5.5% cost of living adjustment for all state employees as well as a new minimum wage of $15...Lee mas

Beginning in January 2022, Empower Missouri is proud to announce that we’ll be joining The Right Time Initiative as a community mobilization partner.  The Right Time is a multi-year initiative, funded by Missouri Foundation for Health, that is based on the simple belief that everyone should have the opportunity to pursue the future they want,...Lee mas

La legislatura de Missouri regresará a Jefferson City hoy al mediodía para una sesión especial convocada ayer por el gobernador Mike Parson. Aquí hay un resumen rápido de lo que necesita saber: ¿Por qué el gobernador convocó una sesión especial? Durante la sesión regular, la legislatura no volvió a autorizar algo llamado Asignación de Reembolso Federal, mejor ...Lee mas

Hay muchos ataques contra los trabajadores y los votantes en esta sesión, tantos que es difícil mantenerlos en orden y hacer un seguimiento de lo que es real y lo que es pura grandiosidad política. Lo primero que debe saber es que el 1 de julio, más de 230,000 habitantes de Missouri serán nuevos ...Lee mas

En Kids Win Missouri, imaginamos un estado en el que todos los niños tengan la oportunidad de ser saludables, felices y exitosos. Es por eso que apoyamos la expansión de Medicaid en la boleta electoral en agosto pasado, porque sabemos que al expandir Medicaid en nuestro estado, los niños de Missouri ganarán GRANDE. Aunque la expansión está dirigida a adultos sin seguro, la investigación ...Lee mas

En 2012, Empower Missouri se convirtió en parte de la Coalición de Medicaid de Missouri. Año tras año, nuestra coalición pediría a la Asamblea General de Missouri que cerrara la brecha de cobertura de Medicaid para que los trabajadores con salarios bajos pudieran ingresar a Medicaid si no cumplían con las pautas de ingresos para los planes del Mercado en la Ley de Atención Médica Asequible ...Lee mas