Friends in Washington, D.C. expect the United States Senate to tweak the Big Beautiful Bill for appearance’s sake, with around 95% of the House passed mess becoming law. This will cost Missouri a lot of money.
Big Beautiful Bill Bad For Missouri
Category: Health Care
Lull Between Tornadoes
Missouri Issues April 2025 DSS Benefit Report The short version: SNAP (food stamps) and Temporary Assistance are almost exactly where they were a year ago. The number of citizens covered by Medicaid is down thanks to bureaucratic ineptitude. A few Read More …
Meeting Report – March 10, 2025
West County Democrats hosted Aimee Robertson, a Behavioral Analyst with Missouri First Steps to speak about DEI and Child Advocacy. She reminded us that within the targets of DEI purge of our government are protections for disabled Americans that provide Read More …
2025 HHS Poverty Guidelines Issued
As happens about this time every year, the federal government has issued their poverty level charts. The 2025 Federal Poverty Guidelines have been published in the Federal Register and are available on Health and Human Services webpages. Two critical caveats… A very knowledgeable researcher made Read More …
A Short and Hard Life
On a bitter and icy day we said good-bye to our nephew Matt. He passed while attacking winter on his mom’s driveway. He was 51. In his youth he enjoyed life but had multiple issues with authority. As he aged Read More …
Missouri Lowballs Medicaid
November 2024 Benefits Report Issued Let’s remember that the Republican juggernaut ruling Missouri ignores voters’ and answers only to a small cadre of connected (rich) supporters. Hence, votes against puppy mills and concealed carry simply got ignored while the reforms Read More …