2020 MO Governor's race: on Health Care
Mike Parson:
Against Medicaid expansion as massive tax increase
Q: Supported 2020 ballot measure to expand Medicaid, an option available as part of ACA, known as Obamacare?Mike Parson: No. Called Medicaid expansion a "massive tax increase that Missourians cannot afford." "I don't think it's the time to
be expanding anything in the state of Missouri right now."
Nicole Galloway: Yes. Backed Medicaid expansion "to give over 200,000 Missourians the health care they deserve, return 100,000 eligible kids their insurance and keep our rural hospitals open."
Source: CampusElect survey on 2020 Missouri Gubernatorial race
Nov 3, 2020
Asa Hutchinson:
Kept state "open for business" during pandemic
We have all kept our states "open for business" and delivered food and other goods Americans need during this pandemic. Like other states, we did have to close pieces of our economies temporarily. To meet this challenge, our states moved quickly to
cut red tape and allow private employers to pivot to new business models.As we move into the next phase of managing the pandemic and consider
President Trump's guidelines for "Opening Up America Again," we are applying our propensity for planning to reopen the segments of our economies that temporarily closed. Each of us has identified triggers for when regions of our states and sectors of
our economies should reopen, based on metrics tailored to our unique circumstances. We are sharing expertise and best practices on how to safely reopen restaurants, churches, gyms and other businesses while continuing to slow the spread of infection.
Source: WaPo OpEd by 5 governors for 2020 Missouri governor race
May 5, 2020
Jim Neely:
Missouri not paying overdue Medicaid payments
Amidst all the State government's conversation about promoting and enhancing rural health care, MO HealthNet continues to neuter the Missouri Medicaid program with additional reimbursement cuts and by refusing to pay millions of dollars to
Missouri hospitals for overdue settlements. This non-payment is creating cash flow issues for many Missouri hospitals that have provided the services over the past five years but cannot realize reimbursement for same from the State of Missouri.
Source: Caldwell County News on 2020 Missouri gubernatorial race
Mar 11, 2020
Jim Neely:
Championed "Right to Try" experimental treatments law
After his daughter was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2013, he championed legislation to give terminally-ill Missourians the right to try experimental treatments.
The legislation has since passed in 40 other states and President Trump signed the federal Right to Try law in 2018.
Source: 2020 Missouri Governor campaign website NeelyForMissouri.com
Jan 21, 2020
Nicole Galloway:
Would expand Medicaid eligibility
Galloway says she would support expanding Medicaid eligibility if she's elected governor. The candidate praised a bipartisan plan spearheaded by
Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and a top Republican lawmaker that would expand government health coverage in the neighboring state. Galloway says she would follow suit if voters elect her over Republican Gov. Mike Parson in November.
Source: KY3-Springfield on 2020 Missouri Gubernatorial race
Jan 9, 2020
Mike Parson:
Backed Rx monitoring; couldn't overcome opposition
Missouri retained its title as the only state without a statewide prescription drug monitoring program. The medical community had hoped Missouri would create a statewide electronic database designed to help spot the abuse of prescription drugs.
After all, Republican Gov. Mike Parson had pushed for it and its longtime opponent was no longer in office. But, because of ongoing fears about privacy violations tangled up with gun control, the bill never got a full Senate vote.
Source: Kaiser Health News on 2020 Missouri gubernatorial race
May 20, 2019
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