Managed care expansion on track after vote in Missouri Senate
Days after butting heads with Gov.
Schaaf, R-
"There is a serious question whether it's going to save the state any money," Schaaf said. "There are a lot of reasons why we shouldn't expand managed care."
Schaaf, however, lost one key argument in his quest to kill off managed care when the federal government approved a special waiver needed to move forward with an expansion. A long-awaited letter outlining the approval from
On a vote of 10-22, Schaaf's colleagues rejected his proposal, setting the stage for 750,000 Missourians to receive insurance via managed care companies on
The chairman of the
"I have heard no complaints from patients. I have heard no complaints from doctors," said Sen.
Others said it would be irresponsible to eliminate an expansion when patients are set to be added to the program in just a matter of days.
"It throws them into mass chaos," said Sen.
Action on health care costs in the
The health care portion of the budget has a price tag of more than
Greitens had sought to raise the threshold for elderly and disabled Missourians to receive care as a way to save more than
The
But it was Schaaf's attacks on managed care that created the most fireworks.
Under managed care, private companies are paid a fee each month for each participant. That's opposed to a fee-for-service model in which health care providers are paid for each service performed.
Three companies, including
For now, the
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