Low-income families can now apply for health insurance at any time of the year through the federal Marketplace. A change in the Affordable Care Act offers special enrollment for those households that fall below 150%…

Casey Godinez, a care coordinator with Thrive Allen County, didn’t know much about the “Medicaid coverage gap.” Then she met those who fell into it. “You shake your head because it just doesn’t make sense,”…

Need help signing up for health insurance?Contact Navigators at Thrive Allen County, 365-8128, as well as Joy Miller at Fort Scott’s  Southwind Extension District office, 620-223-0332. In 2014, a man in his fifties showed up…

WASHINGTON — For most of her adult life, Amy Bielawski has gone without health insurance. Her small Atlanta-area business, which provides entertainment for parties and events, didn’t bring in enough revenue to afford coverage. So…

When Democrats failed last week to call a vote on President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, many took it as a sign his agenda was doomed. After all, if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi couldn’t…

“It’s better late than never.” We echo that sentiment of a new Missouri law aimed at making sure mental health care is covered by insurance at the same level as physical health. The Missouri Independent…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that 2.8 million consumers took advantage of a special six-month period to sign up for private health insurance coverage made more affordable by his COVID-19 relief law.…

Missourians have spoken — they want Medicaid expansion. The courts have spoken — Missouri must open Medicaid to an estimated 275,000 more of our neighbors who need help. Lawmakers, worried about the cost, have argued…

As of July 1, anyone who has received at least one week of unemployment benefits since the first of 2021, can receive health insurance at little to no expense, thanks to the American Rescue Plan,…

The first time the Supreme Court decided an Affordable Care Act case, back in 2012, the result was a historic case with a complicated opinion written by the chief justice. It’s still studied closely in…