Missourians simply cannot afford their prescription drugs. More than one in four have skipped doses or split pills to make prescriptions last longer. Over half worry they won’t be able to afford their medications in the future.
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At The Food Bank, we serve more than 100,000 neighbors each month in central and northeastern Missouri—children, seniors, working families, and veterans who are doing their best to make ends meet.
KIRKSVILLE, MO – Northeast Regional Medical Center (NRMC) has stopped work to build out a radiation oncology center at the George Rea Cancer Center.
The University of Missouri (MU) Health Care system is an academic health system that says it seeks to achieve its vision to be “the premier and transformational academic health system for Missouri … through exemplary education, research, and patient care.”
A ballot initiative approved by voters in Massachusetts is expected to increase costs and reduce access for families.
Imagine being a child at recess again. You’re outside enjoying the day, but across the street is a landfill with trash trucks going by.
According to the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS), over 1.5 million Missourians are currently covered by Medicaid.
The recent announcement of the resignation of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner was certainly welcome news.
In an era of declining rural health care elsewhere around Missouri, a hospital in Hannibal is planning to expand to Kirksville and compete with an existing facility there, which some fear could endanger the financial viability of both.
“Is the patient a Democrat or a Republican?” That’s not a question anyone would want to hear their doctor ask at a clinic; it’s absurd and inappropriate.