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Missouri guide to Health InsuranceHow healthy is living
in Missouri?

Missouri is ranked as the 42nd healthiest state to live in according to the 2012 America's Health Rankings® by the United Health Foundation.

The good news:

  • While the Missouri's public health funding lags that of many other states, it increased by $6 per person over the past five years.
  • Air quality has improved over the past five years.

The bad news:

  • The current ranking of 42nd is the lowest scored by Missouri since the first report, which was issued in 1990.
  • The percentage of children in poverty was 12.5 in 2002; in the 2012 report, the rate is 23.1 percent.

Missouri's best and worst category rankings:

  • High School Graduation Rate – 9th
  • Low Birth Rate – 23rd
  • Cardiovascular Deaths – 41st
  • Smoking – 42nd
  • Infectious Disease – 43rd
  • Public Health Funding – 44th

more details

  • health insurance plans comparedSee the United Health Foundation's latest findings on Missouri.
  • Trust for America's Health ia another source for key Missouri health quality findings. In addition, 2010's federal health reform, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), included the creation of a prevention fund to provide more than $16 billion over the next 10 years to invest in effective, proven prevention efforts, like childhood obesity prevention and tobacco cessation, and the site has a report on how it impacts Missouri here.

get local health results

State snapshot too large? Get county-by-county health rankings for Missouri, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Population Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin.


Does Missouri have a health insurance high risk pool?

Thumbs up on offering a risk pool.; Missouri Health Insurance Pool
Phone 1-800-843-6447 (All but NW Missouri)
Phone 1-800-645-8346 (NW Missouri)

health-insurance risk poolsIMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting in 2010, Missouri started offering health care insurance coverage to residents through the federally established temporary high-risk pool program. To find out more about Missouri's participation, click here.

Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state to state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the pool to keep it in the black. In the best cases, they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Read more about risk pools here.


Non-profit sources of health insurance information for Missouri

  • fhce logoThe Foundation for Health Coverage Education's mission is to provide simplified public and private health insurance eligibility information in order to help more people access coverage. Here is its guide on how to find health insurance in Missouri.
  • The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is tracking the progress of health insurance reform in each state. Its page for Missouri can be found here.
  • The National Committee for Quality Assurance is a private, non-profit organization that, among other things, provides health care plan report cards for consumers. Search for Missouri health insurance plan report cards.

Missouri state government health insurance resources

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Missouri reform, single-payer health care information

Cover Missouri —  A project of the Missouri Foundation for Health to develop, publish, and promote specific policy recommendations to increase the number of Missourians with health coverage.

Missourians for Single Payer Health Care (MOSP) —  A non-profit, non-partisan statewide organization of diverse individuals and groups whose purpose is to educate and advocate for universal health care through a single payer program.

State-specfic information on the Physicans National Health Program in Missouri.

The Affordable Care Act: Immediate Benefits for Missouri -- How the Affordable Health Care act will improve the lives of people living in Missouri.

Why health care reform is important to Missouri -- This 2009 document by the AARP provides a compelling case f for health reform in Missouri.

The Benefits of Health Reform In Missouri -- The Democratic Policy Committee of the United States Senate looks at benefits of health reform for the citizens of Missouri.



Other helpful Missouri health and medical care links

Missouri Foundation for Health —  MFH seeks to empower the people of the communities we serve to achieve equal access to quality health services that promote prevention and encourage healthy behaviors.

Missouri mental health resource guide, offered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Government.

The National Coalition on Health Care's information for Missouri -- America's oldest, most diverse, and broadest based group working to achieve comprehensive health system reform.



How did Missouri officials vote on health reform?


H.R.2: Repealing the Health Care Bill

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Date of Vote: 1/19/2011 Status: House passed 245-189, 1 not voting
House vote
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1/19/2011--Passed House amended. Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act. Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions. [more]



Health insurance exchange

Missouri state health insurance exchange Missouri's exchange

Find out what your state's health insurance exchange will look like.

Missouri health insurance premium rebates

state-by-state breakdown of health insurance premium rebates $60.6 million to 587,654 families

Insurance companies were forced to return an average of $173 per family in 2012.

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MO health insurance news

Missouri defaults to federally run health insurance exchange

11/09/2012 6:11 PM
Associated Press — The Missouri legislature has failed to pass legislation authorizing a state-run exchange, and voters approved a ballot measure barring the governor from establishing an exchange through an executive order.

Missouri stuck on “if” of health insurance exchange; no progress on how

10/19/2012 2:10 PM
St. Louis Beacon — Missouri voters will decide in November if a legislative or popular vote is needed to establish a state-run health insurance exchange. With the ballot measure pending, planning work on the exchange has stopped — making it highly likely that the federal government will run the Missouri exchange.

Missouri voters will weigh in on health insurance exchange

09/28/2012 7:09 PM
CBS St. Louis — Voters will be asked in November if the executive branch can authorize a state-based health insurance exchange without legislative approval. Gov. Nixon has repeatedly stated his administration will not authorize an exchange by executive order.

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MO health insurance companies

Health insurance companies in Missouri.
Get health insurance quotes for these companies.

Aetna
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri
BlueCross BlueShield of Kansas City
Celtic Ins. Co.
Coventry Health Care of Kansas Inc.
Golden Rule
Group Health Plan
Humana
Mercy Health Plans

Doctor directory for Missouri

Find licensed physicians near you. Each state is home to organizations that can help you find and research physicians, offering online information about a physician's license, schooling, practice information and more.

Missouri Licensee Search
Missouri Division of Professional Registration

Other Missouri Public Resources
Missouri State Medical Association

Health insurance for individuals MO

Resources for those individuals seeking health care insurance in Missouri. If you are looking for Missouri Medicare, visit our site for health insurance over 65.

How your member of Congress voted

how the Missouri congressional delegation voted on insurance reform healthreformvotes.org

Your members of the Missouri Congressional delegation voted on health care reform.