With better than two-thirds of a century under my belt I keep getting haunted by history. Oh, sometimes I’ll be watching a ballgame and remember the blown call at first base during the World Series with Kansas City. When it Read More …
Imagine turning on the local TV news as you make breakfast. The lead story is that everyone in Springfield, Missouri, its suburb of Nixa and about half of nearby Republic, Missouri disappeared in the past year. That would be major news.
Why Isn’t The Media Interested? Obliteration of Missouri Medicaid Continues March 2024 Missouri Benefit Report Issued In the past year Missouri has shed 144,592 MO HealthNet/Medicaid patients. That includes… A 19.2% drop in Custodial Parents A 15.6% drop in Read More …
“Change in welfare rules could cost state $90M” The incredibly large – and misleading – headline dominating today’s St. Louis Post Dispatch screamed. The article noted that Missouri may be forced to slash grants to a variety of non-profits because of a change in Read More …
The bureaucrats have spoken: the Poverty Guidelines for 2024 have been published in the Federal Register. 2024 Federal Poverty Guidelines They may be used by the State of Missouri and all others immediately…of course, here in the Show Me State they won’t go Read More …
Mixed Bag But Still Trending Down Up and down, but generally down… The Missouri Department of Social Services has released the Monthly Management Report for July 2023 for the Family Support Division and the Missouri HealthNet Division. [ www.dss.mo/re ] Alas, no surprises. The number of Missourians getting Temporary Assistance climbed by Read More …