Clara Bates

2 weeks ago | missouriindependent.com | Clara Bates

For-profit referral companies that connect Missouri seniors to assisted living facilities would be required to disclose their financial ties to those facilities under a bill debated in a Missouri Senate committee on Wednesday. The proposal, which is included in a sweeping health bill, aims to add “protections for families looking to place their loved one in a facility,” Republican state Rep. Tara Peters of Rolla, told lawmakers shortly before the House approved the bill last month.

2 weeks ago | missouriindependent.com | Clara Bates

Included in the massive federal workforce cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services this week was the elimination of an office that runs a program over 100,000 Missouri families rely on to help pay their heating and cooling bills. The layoffs within the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which provides Congressionally-approved funds that are administered by Missouri’s social services department, leaves the program’s future in limbo.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Clara Bates

(Brian Brown iStock / Getty Images Plus). Included in the massive federal workforce cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services this week was the elimination of an office that runs a program over 100,000 Missouri families rely on to help pay their heating and cooling bills. The layoffs within the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which provides Congressionally-approved funds that are administered by Missouri’s social services department, leaves the program’s future in limbo.

4 weeks ago | maryvilleforum.com | Clara Bates

State Sen. Kurtis Gregory shakes hands following his introduction to the Missouri Senate (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). The Missouri Farm Bureau would be allowed to sell health benefits plans that exclude people with pre-existing medical conditions and limit benefits to less than what’s permitted by federal law for health insurers, under legislation that passed the state Senate Thursday. Sponsored by Republican state Sen.

4 weeks ago | missouriindependent.com | Clara Bates

by Clara Bates, Missouri Independent March 27, 2025 The Missouri Farm Bureau would be allowed to sell health benefits plans that exclude people with pre-existing medical conditions and limit benefits to less than what’s permitted by federal law for health insurers, under legislation that passed the state Senate Thursday. Sponsored by Republican state Sen.