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Forever Chemicals Turn Up at Every Missouri Water Site Near Kansas City

St. Louis Skyline Viewpoint — Weather Coverage Skyline Backdrop. Every single Missouri waterway sampled for PFAS between 2022 and 2024 came back contaminated, according to a new report, including popular fishing spots just north of Kansas City. Researchers found the so-called forever chemicals at all 20 testing locations examined across the state, a result that raises fresh questions about drinking water, fish and wildlife in waterways many Missourians use every day.

Kansas City, MO · 13d
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Kansas City Nonprofit Sends Doulas Into Gaps Left by Vanishing Missouri Maternity Wards

A Kansas City nonprofit is stepping into a widening void left by Missouri hospitals that keep shutting down their labor and delivery units, sending doulas, community health workers and sometimes midwives directly to pregnant people who otherwise have nowhere nearby to turn. Altruism Inc. has already supported more than 200 families and handed out more than 38,000 diapers since its Maternal and Infant Health Center opened, according to its own figures. The need keeps growing as more of the state goes without basic obstetric care.

Missouri · 14d
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Missouri ramps up preparations for new Medicaid work requirements

Missouri officials are preparing to upgrade the state's system for verifying whether people are eligible for MO HealthNet, the state's Medicaid program, ahead of new federal work requirements set to take effect at the end of the year. The Missouri Department of Social Services, which administers the program to approximately...

Missouri · 13d
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Children’s Mercy: 400 kids face coverage loss as Medica exits; other plans won’t deal

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) — Children’s Mercy provided a new update Thursday after sharing that the hospital will no longer be in-network with Affordable Care Act Marketplace insurance come January. The new statement said that approximately 400 Children’s Mercy patients in Kansas and Missouri may lose coverage due...

Missouri · 14d
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Illinois state retirees among those affected as BJC HealthCare drops Aetna, Anthem Medicare Advantag

Illinois · 13d

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Missouri Medicaid expansion members will get no short-term hardship exception when work rules begin January 1, 2027

Missouri adults on Medicaid expansion who lose a job, get sick for a short spell or face a family emergency will not get an automatic pass when work rules begin January 1, 2027. The Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) says the state is not using the optional short-term hardship exception. The rule is posted […] The post Missouri Medicaid expansion members will get no short-term hardship exception when work rules begin January 1, 2027 appeared first on The Money Overview .

Missouri · 15d

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Truman Veterans' Hospital gains VA infrastructure funding

The Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital in Columbia received infrastructure funding as part of $4.8 billion in spending by the Veterans Administration. The funding goes toward modernizing, repairing and improving VA health care facilities in fiscal year 2026, according to a news release from the veterans' hospital. In the...

Columbia, MO · 15d

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Missouri’s Largest Hospital System Just Went Out of Network for 85,000 St. Louis Seniors on Aetna and Anthem Medicare Advantage

St. Louis Seniors Did Not Lose Their Insurance — They Lost Their Hospital. When Medicare open enrollment opened on October 15, most St. Louis seniors on Aetna or Anthem Medicare Advantage assumed they had until December 7 to compare plans and decide. They were right about the deadline. They may not have known what they were deciding about.

St. Louis, MO · 16d

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Rural Missouri health center that delivers more than 525 babies a year with two OB/GYNs lands $540,000 for obstetric staffing

The Kirksville center's grant arrives weeks before maternity care billing splits into separate services Jan. 1. Two full-time obstetrician-gynecologists (OB/GYNs) at a federally qualified health center in Kirksville, Missouri, deliver more than 525 babies a year for patients from 22 northeast Missouri counties. UnitedHealthcare. that it will give the center...

Missouri · 14d

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Report: PFAS found at every Missouri waterway testing site

A new report finds PFAS - commonly known as “forever chemicals” - contaminating rivers, lakes and streams across Missouri, raising concerns about risks to wildlife, drinking water and fish that people catch and eat. Researchers with the Environment Missouri Research & Policy Center, MoPIRG Foundation and Frontier Group...

Missouri · 16d

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Lake Regional clinics, pharmacies offer flu vaccines as winter approaches

Flu season usually occurs from late fall to early spring, and Lake Regional Health System clinics and pharmacies are providing flu shots to people 6 months old or older. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone 6 months old or older receive an annual flu vaccination.

Osage Beach, MO · 14d

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Truman VA receives funds for improving infrastructure

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital has received funding as part of a nationwide $4.8 billion effort to modernize or fix up Veterans Health Administration health care facilities. According to a news release from Truman VA, the funding will go toward projects that aim to correct structural deficiencies, modernize the elevators, repair The post Truman VA receives funds for improving infrastructure appeared first on ABC17NEWS .

Columbia, MO · 16d

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Heating aid opens November 1 in Utah as Missouri and Kansas start barring winter heat shutoffs the same day

Utah’s heating assistance program opens for the season on November 1, the same day cold-weather rules in Missouri and Kansas begin limiting utility shutoffs for the winter. All three dates are 11 days away. The protections are not automatic in every case. Each state ties its rule to a temperature forecast, and the payment terms […]

Missouri · 15d

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Kansas adults and children with disabilities face years-long waitlists for Medicaid waivers

Kyley Hamill describes herself as a helicopter parent. She has to be; in addition to the normal — often risky — toddler behavior, her 2-year-old son, Archer, has a rare genetic disorder and is on the autism spectrum. His complex health issues mean he needs constant monitoring. “He...

Kansas · 16d

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Missouri's 17 Highest-Rated Hospitals, According to Patients

Here are the 17 highest-rated hospitals in Missouri based on patient reviews.

Missouri · 18d

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Kansas adults and children with disabilities face years-long waitlists for Medicaid waivers

Kyley Hamill describes herself as a helicopter parent. She has to be; in addition to the normal — often risky — toddler behavior, her 2-year-old son, Archer, has a rare genetic disorder and is on the autism spectrum. His complex health issues mean he needs constant monitoring. “He...

Kansas · 16d

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Missouri ramps up preparations for new Medicaid work requirements

Missouri officials are preparing to upgrade the state’s system for verifying whether people are eligible for MO HealthNet, the state’s Medicaid program, ahead of new federal work requirements set to take effect at the end of the year. The Missouri Department of Social Services, which administers the program...

Missouri · 14d

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Birth centers are linked to better health outcomes, research shows, but 10 states have none

Birth centers are an option for those with low-risk pregnancies and are correlated with more positive health outcomes, but 10 states do not have any birth centers at all, and more could be built with certain state policy solutions and different models of care, a new report suggests. Birth centers...

Nebraska · 16d

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Missouri's 17 Highest-Rated Hospitals, According to Patients

Here are the 17 highest-rated hospitals in Missouri based on patient reviews.

Missouri · 18d