Clara Bates
Reporter at Missouri Independent
Reporting on poverty + social services for @MO_Independent via @Report4America Previously @NevadaCurrent @thecrimson Reach me: [email protected]
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5 days ago |
news-journal.com | Clara Bates
Courtney Leader, who spoke at a Capitol press conference on Monday, worries that her daughter's Medicaid coverage would be at risk under proposed federal cuts (Clara Bates/Missouri Independent). When Courtney Leader gets the letter from the state each year telling her it’s time to recertify her daughter’s Medicaid eligibility, she scrambles to make sure the paperwork gets to the right place.
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5 days ago |
missouriindependent.com | Clara Bates
When Courtney Leader gets the letter from the state each year telling her it’s time to recertify her daughter’s Medicaid eligibility, she scrambles to make sure the paperwork gets to the right place. Leader, of Ash Grove, considers herself adept at navigating her 8-year-old daughter’s complex medical needs and appointments, but even she has fallen through the cracks of Missouri’s safety net thanks to the state’s red tape.
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6 days ago |
griffonnews.com | Clara Bates
Courtney Leader, who spoke at a Capitol press conference on Monday, worries that her daughter's Medicaid coverage would be at risk under proposed federal cuts (Clara Bates/Missouri Independent). When Courtney Leader gets the letter from the state each year telling her it’s time to recertify her daughter’s Medicaid eligibility, she scrambles to make sure the paperwork gets to the right place.
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6 days ago |
maryvilleforum.com | Clara Bates
Courtney Leader, who spoke at a Capitol press conference on Monday, worries that her daughter's Medicaid coverage would be at risk under proposed federal cuts (Clara Bates/Missouri Independent). When Courtney Leader gets the letter from the state each year telling her it’s time to recertify her daughter’s Medicaid eligibility, she scrambles to make sure the paperwork gets to the right place.
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2 weeks ago |
missouriindependent.com | Clara Bates
A man who spent months in a Kansas City jail waiting to be transferred to a state psychiatric hospital for court-ordered treatment died on Monday. Timothy Beckmann was arrested in late September and found incompetent to stand trial due to mental health diagnoses. He was ordered into Department of Mental health custody in January, joining the list of hundreds of people waiting in jail for a state mental health bed to open up.
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Despite last year's ruling, Missourians who are eligible for SNAP continue to “endure wholly unacceptable bureaucratic telephone wait times and benefit denials solely because of the inadequacy of the system," wrote Judge Harpool in an order yesterday. https://t.co/l0elSvzni2
The MO Supreme Court today upheld the voter-approved paid sick leave law, rejecting claims that the ballot initiative violated various constitutional requirements. The door remains open for the legislature to weaken the law, which goes into effect Thurs. https://t.co/c196Hu840r
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