Medicare Advantage plans are an alternative to Original Medicare for beneficiaries in Missouri. Offered by private insurers, Medicare Advantage plans offer medical coverage found in Original Medicare ...

A dozen or so women sit around a U-shaped table inside Care Connections for Aging Services, the local Area Agency on Aging in the west central part of Missouri. They're all here to listen to Scott ...

People in Missouri can choose from Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage. They can also access Medicare Part D and Medigap if eligible. Medicare plans in Missouri follow all federal guidelines for ...

This story was originally published by The Beacon, a nonprofit news organization serving Missouri and Kansas. The Star is republishing up to two stories a week as part of a new partnership with The ...

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) -- Gov. Matt Blunt lauded Missouri's reshaped Medicaid program as an innovative leap forward in health care for the needy. But opponents, including several Medicaid recipients, ...

Missouri has a new director of its Medicaid program. Josh Moore, a pharmacist, will begin immediately directing the MO HealthNet Division of Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS). Moore brings ...

Medicare supplement insurance, also called Medigap, is a form of insurance that helps cover gaps in Original Medicare (parts A and B). Residents of Missouri can choose from a range of Medicare ...

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires that Medicaid applications for the largest group of participants — who are low-income children, families and adults — be processed ...

MO HealthNet covers more than 1.3 million, or one in five people in the state, across different eligibility groups. The majority of Missouri's Medicaid funding, including almost all of its expansion ...