After the “Missouri Health Improvement Act of 2007” passed the Missouri Senate last week, Democratic Senator Joan Bray (University City) called it “hugely bureaucratic,” saying it sends too much money to insurance companies and the bureaucracy of additional levels of people “just pushing papers around.”
But Governor Matt Blunt said the program, meant to replace Medicaid, is a positive step in the right direction of providing health care for more Missourians.
In an interview with PubDef.net last week, the governor said the program shifts the state’s focus to preventative healthcare.
Click here to read the St. Louis Oracle’s take on the Democrats that voted in favor of the bill.
