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2009 Health Stories

• 12/17/2009: Newspaper Story - Federal money intended to stabilize budget has been spent on various items
• 12/15/2009: Newspaper Story - Premiums for state health insurance pool too high for the neediest cases
• 12/10/2009: Radio Story - Some Missouri Republicans are supporting a bill that would opt the state out of national health care reform plans.
• 12/ 9/2009: Newspaper Story - One Missouri representative has pre-filed a bill to let small businesses into a health plan for state workers.
• 12/ 8/2009: Newspaper Story - The lawyer for former House Speaker Rod Jetton said Tuesday that Jetton will leave politics to spend time with his family in light of assault charges.
• 12/ 7/2009: Newspaper Story - One Missouri state representative wants to give voters the chance to block the national health care legislation.
• 12/ 3/2009: Radio Story - A Missouri insurance lobbyist and Senator do not agree with the bill that would mandate health care coverage for autism spectrum disorders.
• 12/ 2/2009: Radio Story - Representative Cynthia Davis filled a resolution allowing Missourians to vote on the federal health care bill
• 12/ 2/2009: Newspaper Story - Chris Kelly will no longer be the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee.
• 12/ 2/2009: Newspaper Story - There are 15 drug courts in Missouri that cost one third of what it costs to imprison someone.
• 11/18/2009: Newspaper Story - Former State Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, has been selected to be regional director of Health and Human Services.
• 11/ 9/2009: Newspaper Story - The health care bill, which was approved with a 220-215 vote, had Missouri representatives split on partisan lines except for Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., who voted against the bill.
• 11/ 6/2009: Radio Story - The Natural Resources Department could learn valuable lessons from other Missouri lakes in keeping the Lake of the Ozarks clean
• 11/ 5/2009: Radio Story - The Missouri Department of Natural Resources points to animals as the cause of E. coli contamination but septic tanks are also a culprit.
• 11/ 5/2009: Newspaper Story - Links to the week-long series on the history and causes of Ecoli pollution in Missouri
• 11/ 5/2009: Radio Story - The number of people diagnosed with the flu this year is significantly higher than previous years.
• 11/ 4/2009: Newspaper Story - A St. Louis City and County smoking ban leads to questions of constitutionality and expanding the ban
• 11/ 4/2009: Newspaper Story - Many of Missouri's legislators have expressed concerns about expanding Medicaid in the given budget environment.
• 11/ 3/2009: Radio Story - State agencies not talking to each other leads to harmful substances staying in the Lake of the Ozarks
• 11/ 2/2009: Radio Story - How E. coli really affects you if you come in contact with it
• 10/29/2009: Radio Story - The Lake of the Ozarks' development boom led to warning signs of possible water quality issues.
• 10/29/2009: Radio Story - Members of health care organizations are hesitant to predict how budget cuts will effect them
• 10/28/2009: Newspaper Story - Health services would suffer some of the biggest cuts under the governor's new spending plan.
• 10/27/2009: Radio Story - The first two weeks of flu season show rapid increases than previous years.
• 10/27/2009: Newspaper Story - H1N1 vaccines
• 10/19/2009: Radio Story - President Obama is telling federal prosecutors not to press criminal charges against medical marijuana users in states that OK the practice.
• 10/16/2009: Radio Story - Governor Nixon is taking responsibility for miscommunication between his office and the
• 10/16/2009: Radio Story - Gov. Nixon blames a former DNR deputy director for withholding vital E. coli infomation
• 10/14/2009: Newspaper Story - City efforts to stop meth production face attacks from the ACLU
• 10/14/2009: Newspaper Story - A DNR spokesman said the department's investigation into false E. coli information will conclude Friday
• 10/14/2009: Newspaper Story - The federal electronic medical records proposal faces skepticism in Missouri
• 10/ 5/2009: Newspaper Story - As the H1N1 flu vaccine becomes available in Missouri, it will be distributed through local health departments and health care providers.
• 10/ 5/2009: Radio Story - Missouri will get nearly 20,000 doses of swine flu vaccine this week, but the state Health Department is telling local governments to figure out distribution themselves.
• 10/ 1/2009: Radio Story - Some Health Departments in Missouri are not worried about a shortage in seasonal flu vaccines.
• 9/30/2009: Newspaper Story - Gov. Jay Nixon has suspended the Department of Natural Resources director and has ordered an investigation into the department.
• 9/30/2009: Radio Story - In a news conference Wednesday, Gov. Jay Nixon blamed the Department of Natural Resources for not closing Ozark beaches, thus endangering Missourians.
• 9/23/2009: Radio Story - Governor Jay Nixon details plan with Department of Natural Resources on how they will clean up the Lake of the Ozarks.
• 9/15/2009: Newspaper Story - Emotional testimonies were given during a session of the Interim Committee on Autism Spectrum Disorders
• 9/15/2009: Radio Story - The Missouri House of Representatives held an interim committee session for public testimony regarding the insurance coverage of Autism.
• 9/10/2009: Radio Story - The reason for Missouri Malpractice cases being low, and how the federal government will play a role in the state.
• 9/10/2009: Radio Story - Swine flu in residence halls
• 9/10/2009: Radio Story - A Missouri health care provider says they are ready to reform the health care system after President Obama's address to congress.
• 9/10/2009: Radio Story - Missouri health care providers agree with President Obama's health care reform.
• 9/ 9/2009: Newspaper Story - Union advocates led by former Democratic State Sen. Chuck Graham spoke out against Integrity Home Care's lawsuit.
• 9/ 9/2009: Radio Story - The council established under Proposition B seeks to gain support against lawsuit.
• 9/ 9/2009: Newspaper Story - While conservatives across the county complain about a public option, several public plans are available in Missouri, many Republican-backed.
• 9/ 3/2009: Newspaper Story - A Medicaid fraud settlement means $22 million for Missouri.
• 9/ 3/2009: Radio Story - Department of Corrections prepares for possible Swine Flu outbreak
• 9/ 2/2009: Newspaper Story - Officials across the state are making preparations for the spread of H1N1
• 9/ 2/2009: Newspaper Story - An explanation of how the virus spreads, and information about the vaccine.
• 9/ 1/2009: Radio Story - Swine flu hits Jefferson City.
• 9/ 1/2009: Radio Story - The University of Missouri is now seeing cases of H1N1 virus
• 8/31/2009: Newspaper Story - A humorous look into the mouse traps surrounding the Capitol entrances
• 8/27/2009: Newspaper Story - Unsafe cigarettes get an extended life in Missouri
• 8/26/2009: Newspaper Story - McCaskill holds health care town hall in Jefferson City
• 8/26/2009: Radio Story - Sen. Claire McCaskill faced tough questions and emotional audience at a health care focused town hall meeting in Jefferson City.
• 5/15/2009: Newspaper Story - Disagreement over caps on tax credit programs delays passage of economic development bill and prevents health care legislation.
• 5/15/2009: Newspaper Story - Hopes for health care legislation end with session
• 5/14/2009: Newspaper Story - The Senate passes abortion legislation stripped of coercion language.
• 5/14/2009: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate held a late night debate on abortion and passed a bill that would place stricter limitations on abortions.
• 5/14/2009: Radio Story - The House recessed early, leaving the fate of the economic development bill and health care legislation in limbo.
• 5/13/2009: Newspaper Story - Columbia legislators say bipartisan cooperation led to financial gain for the city
• 5/13/2009: Newspaper Story - The House passes Show Me Health Care with some changes.
• 5/13/2009: Radio Story - The Missouri House passed a bill giving health coverage to 20,000 Missourians but lost the support of the bill handler in the process.
• 5/13/2009: Newspaper Story - Crime bill passes Senate
• 5/12/2009: Radio Story - The Missouri House passed a bill that was deemed the last vehicle for health care.
• 5/ 7/2009: Radio Story - Governor Jay Nixon's Medicaid expansion plan was shot down by the House.
• 5/ 6/2009: Newspaper Story - House Republicans reject health care bill, accuse Nixon of bribery
• 5/ 4/2009: Newspaper Story - $336 million in stimulus funding was revitalized in the House.
• 5/ 2/2009: Newspaper Story - The House Health Insurance Committee has released their changes to the Senate version of Show Me Health Care.
• 4/30/2009: Radio Story - A woman outside Kansas City awaits with the rest of Missouri to hear if she has swine flu while a second probable case appears.
• 4/30/2009: Newspaper Story - Opponents of the $336 million stimulus bill said funds should be saved.
• 4/29/2009: Newspaper Story - Without debate, Missouri's House restores $31 million for Columbia's Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
• 4/29/2009: Newspaper Story - Nixon announces probable case of swine flu in Missouri
• 4/29/2009: Radio Story - The Missouri House perfected a bill that restores funding for Columbia's Ellis Fischel Cancer Center.
• 4/29/2009: Radio Story - Governor Nixon announces Missouri's first possible swine flu case.
• 4/27/2009: Newspaper Story - Federal funding for Ellis Fischel at stake after House dispute
• 4/27/2009: Radio Story - Recent outbreak of the swine flu has the Department of Health and Senior Services implementing their plan to respond to pandemic flu.
• 4/21/2009: Newspaper Story - Expansion for children's health care program rejected
• 4/21/2009: Radio Story - The senate ruled Tuesday that every nursing home in Missouri will be required to have state-approved sprinkler systems.
• 4/21/2009: Radio Story - The Missouri House rejected a last-chance proposal by the governor to expand Missouri healthcare for low-income children.
• 4/16/2009: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate approved a measure that would give health coverage to 35,000 Missourians who make too much money to qualify for Medicaid.
• 4/16/2009: Newspaper Story - The Senate voted in approval of Show Me Health Coverage, a bill that would give health coverage to 35,000 uninsured parents.
• 4/14/2009: Radio Story - The Missouri House votes to pass a $700 million bond amendment.
• 4/14/2009: Radio Story - Despite a variety of bills and pleads from families, the Missouri legislature has blocked initiatives to cover autism treatments.
• 4/ 9/2009: Newspaper Story - Legislation would deny some welfare benefits to those who fail a drug test
• 4/ 7/2009: Radio Story - The Missouri Speaker of the House admits to blocking bill requiring insurance companies to cover autism.
• 4/ 7/2009: Radio Story - Housing Sexual Offenders is pricey in Missouri. The House Corrections Committee heard a bill Tuesday that could save taxpayers over 60 thousand dollars year.
• 4/ 3/2009: Newspaper Story - For a second year in a row, a Senate plan to expand health care coverage is dividing GOP legislators.
• 4/ 1/2009: Radio Story - It was Republican against Republican on the Senate floor Wednesday, before perfecting a bill regarding health care.
• 3/31/2009: Radio Story - Missouri lawmakers sent a clear message Tuesday on prescription drugs: It's time to give control back to doctors.
• 3/17/2009: Radio Story - Private insurance companies would be required to pay up for VA services used by Missouri veterans with service-connected injuries.
• 3/16/2009: Newspaper Story - A feature on a raw milk bill.
• 3/11/2009: Radio Story - Despite Governor Jay Nixon's opposition to anti-abortion legislation, the House passed such a bill to the Senate with over two thirds majority.
• 3/11/2009: Newspaper Story - House committee passes fiscal year 2010 budget bills
• 3/10/2009: Newspaper Story - Hearing held today for bill introduced by Columbia's state senator which would limit the damages an individual could receive for injury or death incurred by improperly stored carbon dioxide.
• 3/10/2009: Radio Story - An issue sparked by the City Utilities of Springfield, MO lead to a discussion by the state's Senators of the possibility of pumping carbon dioxide into the ground, some witnesses saying it could kill many people.
• 3/10/2009: Radio Story - The House Privacy Committee heard a bill Tuesday that will make it illegal to force someone to have a personal identification chip put under their skin.
• 3/ 5/2009: Radio Story - Young girls are now one step closer to cancer prevention after the Senate approved a bill Wednesday that would increase awareness about the HPV virus.
• 3/ 5/2009: Newspaper Story - Seeking to avoid 'Octo-mom' in Mo., measure filed that would limit how many eggs a doctor could implant in a woman.
• 3/ 5/2009: Newspaper Story - By more than a two-thirds majority, Missouri House perfected a bill making it a crime to coerce an abortion.
• 3/ 3/2009: Radio Story - Law makers heard from Missourians with limb loss about a bill that could help with the cost of their prosthetics.
• 3/ 3/2009: Newspaper Story - Missouri residents without health insurance would get coverage under new plan.
• 3/ 3/2009: Radio Story - A bill giving health coverage to uninsured Missouri residents got revived Tuesday in the state Senate.
• 2/24/2009: Radio Story - Emotional parents encouraged Missouri lawmakers Tuesday to require new autism coverage.
• 2/24/2009: Newspaper Story - Last time, so many supporters came to testify for a bill mandating autism coverage that the Senate Small Business Committee had to reschedule a hearing for the bill's opposition. On Tuesday, they got their chance.
• 2/23/2009: Radio Story - Some Missouri senators are pushing legislation that would make abortions more transparent and influence those seeking to receive one.
• 2/18/2009: Radio Story - State Senators agree the amount of nuclear waste traveling through this state needs to decrease.
• 2/18/2009: Radio Story - Some legislators say a bill limiting Sudafed distribution will save lives.
• 2/18/2009: Newspaper Story - Nixon promises aggressive use of federal stimulus money
• 2/17/2009: Radio Story - Missouri hospitals will have to publicly report who is treating patients if a measure makes its way through the legislature.
• 2/17/2009: Newspaper Story - Parents of autistic children urged legislators to mandate insurance coverage.
• 2/16/2009: Newspaper Story - State senators question federal stimulus stipulations over health care, education
• 2/10/2009: Radio Story - A new rating system aims to provide better early childhood education for children.
• 2/10/2009: Radio Story - One Missouri Senator is trying to make it mandatory for public schools to tell students' families about STD prevention.
• 2/10/2009: Radio Story - An Anti-Abortion Resolution sparks intense debate on the House floor.
• 1/28/2009: Newspaper Story - The Senate Select Committee met Wednesday to discuss how a proposed federal stimulus package could best be utilized
• 1/27/2009: Radio Story - One bill would require insurance companies to cover autism
• 1/27/2009: Newspaper Story - The governor's State of the State address focused on job creation and health care with a mixed response from legislators.
• 1/22/2009: Radio Story - A bill in the Missouri senate would require insurance companies to cover autism
• 1/ 7/2009: Newspaper Story - State legislature opens with higher education reform, emphasis on economic development