Sebastián Martínez Valdivia, KBIA

Missouri ‘Voted for This Lie,’ Says State Rep Trying to Block Medicaid Expansion

KFF Health News Original

Even with extra federal dollars and a flush budget, Show Me State Republicans are putting up roadblocks to the voter-approved constitutional amendment that would give 275,000 people health insurance.

Swab, Spit, Stay Home? College Coronavirus Testing Plans Are All Over the Map

KFF Health News Original

2020 will be a year like no other on college campuses, as every institution makes its own rules. Some have no plans to routinely test students for the coronavirus; others aim to test every student and staff member twice a week.

In Rural Missouri, Latinos Learn to Contain and Cope With the Coronavirus

KFF Health News Original

In a town in the southwestern corner of Missouri, where COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Latino immigrants, language barriers and economic pressures among factory workers have stymied efforts to slow the virus that causes the disease.