Missouri Medicaid November 2025 Update: First Report on Open Enrollment Enrollment is steady, but the number of applications to Medicaid rose 29% from Oct to Nov 2025; however that level of applications is 13% below number of applications received in Nov 2024 open.substack.com/pub/timothym...

First ACA Marketplace Snapshot Report for 2026: Mixed and confusing results? New consumers down -3.9%; existing selections up 9.9%. In Missouri, existing selections down 6.6% timothymcbride.substack.com/p/first-mark...

October 2025 Update: Missouri Medicaid enrollment steady; pending applications drop considerably Update from @cahsperiph.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/timothym...

October 2025 MO Medicaid update: pending applications drop considerably "significant drop in number of pending applications...70% drop in pending applications from July to October 2025...average days to complete application dropped from 40 to 21 days" timothymcbride.substack.com/p/october-20...

Total enrollment MO Medicaid program rose slightly in Oct but there are shifts in enrollment Falling: custodial adults (-20%) disabled (-13%) children (-7%), Rising: expansion group (+9%) pregnant women (+31%) elderly (+5%) since unwinding timothymcbride.substack.com/p/october-20...

October 2025 Update: Missouri Medicaid enrollment steady; pending applications drop considerably Update from @cahsperiph.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/timothym...

October 2025 Update: Missouri Medicaid enrollment steady; pending applications drop considerably Update from @cahsperiph.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/timothym...

Updated: MISSOURI Medicaid DASHBOARD with OCTOBER 2025 data on enrollment, applications, managed care & geographic distribution Enrollment steady at about 1.27 million; @cahsperiph.bsky.social analysis cahsper.wustl.edu/impact/medic...

Read @cahsperiph.bsky.social policy brief cited here at cahsper.wustl.edu/items/change... To see the data in a dashboard or maps go here: cahsper.wustl.edu/impact/medic...

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Missourians brace for health insurance premium spikes with federal subsidies set to expire Research by @cahsperiph.bsky.social cited missouriindependent.com/2025/11/26/m...

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Missouri’s health coverage is shifting fast Between 2023-25 (before current open enrollment) ACA marketplace enrollment grew 62% (above 49% increase nationally) while Medicaid enrollment declined in every county New policy brief, dashboards: @cahsperiph.bsky.social source.washu.edu/2025/11/miss...

Missouri’s health coverage is shifting fast, WashU analysis finds As Missourians lost Medicaid some shifted into subsidized ACA marketplace plans; marketplace enrollment grew 62%, far above the 49% increase nationally New brief from @cahsperiph.bsky.social at WashU source.washu.edu/2025/11/miss...

Changes in Medicaid and Marketplace Enrollment in Missouri by County, and Rural/Urban Status, 2023-2025 In 2023-2025 Medicaid enrollment fell while Marketplace enrollment grew. New @cahsperiph.bsky.social analysis examines these shifts with implications for 2026 cahsper.wustl.edu/files/2025/1...

Missouri saw a marked increase in ACA Marketplace enrollment and decrease in Medicaid enrollment in 2023-25 period New policy brief from WashU School of Public Health, with accompanying dashboard, allows for county-level comparisons cahsper.wustl.edu/missouri-see...

October 2025 Update: Missouri Medicaid expansion enrollment rising; hits new peak Enrollment in the Adult Expansion Group (AEG) hit a new peak of 362,303 in Oct. 2025, third month in a row that the AEG has hit a new peak Latest update from @cahsperiph.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/timothym...

October 2025 Update: Missouri Medicaid expansion enrollment rising; hits new peak Enrollment in the Adult Expansion Group (AEG) hit a new peak of 362,303 in Oct. 2025, third month in a row that the AEG has hit a new peak Latest update from @cahsperiph.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/timothym...

Missouri saw a marked increase in ACA Marketplace enrollment and decrease in Medicaid enrollment in 2023-25 period New policy brief from WashU School of Public Health, with accompanying dashboard, allows for county-level comparisons cahsper.wustl.edu/missouri-see...

Health Insurance Coverage in Rural and Urban Areas in the U.S., 2023 Brief by staff from @cahsperiph.bsky.social for RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis www.ruralhealthresearch.org/publications...

Changes in Medicaid and Marketplace Enrollment in Missouri by County, and Rural/Urban Status, 2023-2025 In 2023-2025 Medicaid enrollment fell while Marketplace enrollment grew. New @cahsperiph.bsky.social analysis examines these shifts with implications for 2026 cahsper.wustl.edu/files/2025/1...

September 2025 Update: Missouri Medicaid For second month in a row Missouri hits peak enrollment in Medicaid expansion category (at 357,654) @cahsperiph.bsky.social analysis: timothymcbride.substack.com/p/september-...

September 2025 Update: Missouri Medicaid enrollment steady; pending applications drop Enrollment in Missouri Medicaid expansion hits peak, pending applications down 27% Analysis by @cahsperiph.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/timothym...

CAHSPER Co-Director Karen Joynt Maddox speaking at a great conference on the Business of Health co-sponsored by @theatlantic.com and WashU Olin School.

At another fabulous event put on by the School of Public Health at WashU, the FARM Food Futures Forum with provocative speakers thinking about transforming food systems to support human and planetary health schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu/farm-food-fu...

Missouri Medicaid Financing Update open.substack.com/pub/timothym...

Medicaid expansion reduced uncompensated care costs, may have prevented hospital closures Free, public dashboards on Missouri hospital visits provide insight into health care in MO from @cahsperiph.bsky.social and WashU School of Public Health schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu/medicaid-exp...

Update: Missouri Medicaid enrollment, reverifications, applications Missouri hits record expansion enrollment of 355,465 in August Analysis by @cahsperiph.bsky.social timothymcbride.substack.com/p/update-mis...

New search for faculty (all levels, ranks) in the School of Public Health at WashU Outstanding faculty sought with diverse perspectives, particularly focus on our Innovation Research Networks, rural health; food policy; diabetes. Also Assoc Deans for Research & Practice apply.interfolio.com/173629

WashU Public Health hosts panel on building resilient food systems - WashU School of Public Health schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu/washu-public...

The future of food in a changing climate - WashU School of Public Health schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu/the-future-o...

New Brief from RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy on Health Insurance Coverage in Rural and Urban Areas in the U.S., 2023 [lead authors also at WashU, affiliated with CAHSPER] www.ruralhealthresearch.org/alerts/679?u...

St. Louis medical experts push back on Trump's claims linking Tylenol and autism www.ksdk.com/video/news/h...

Policy, Biodiversity, and the Future of Food: panel led by WashU School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea

Call for faculty positions at WashU School of Public Health We are seeking outstanding faculty at all levels. Also accepting applications for the positions of Associate Dean for Research and Associate Dean of Practice. More information: schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu/about/opport...

MO Medicaid Expansion 4 years later: reflections on the impact Medicaid expansion went into effect July 2021, first enrolled October 2021. What do we know about its impacts? open.substack.com/pub/timothym...

NEW: Dashboards show payor mix in Missouri hospitals, 2016-2024 with breakdowns by payors (e.g., private, Medicaid, Medicare) Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research | Washington University in St. Louis cahsper.wustl.edu/new-dashboar...

Missouri Medicaid Update: State Completes Year-Long Renewal Process 28% of recipients lost coverage over June 2024-May 2025 period @cahsperiph.bsky.social analysis: open.substack.com/pub/timothym...

WashU's new School of Public Health is accelerating its growth, with new faculty, staff, and students under the leadership of Dean Sandro Galea, over 100 faculty, over 100 staff, and almost 200 students source.washu.edu/2025/09/buil...

Neuropsychiatric Disorders Among Adult Emergency Department Patients With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities | Psychiatric Services New paper by @cahsperiph.bsky.social faculty Kenton Johnson and @haroldpollack.bsky.social psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...

Selected news clips on health policy, 9/1 timothymcbride.substack.com/p/selected-n...

DeSoto Memorial Hospital in talks to sell, no formal offer yet with comments from @cahsperiph.bsky.social Co-Director www.fox4now.com/arcadia/deso...

FACT FOCUS: Medicaid cuts from GOP tax bill threaten rural hospitals | AP News with commentss from @cahsperiph.bsky.social Co-Director apnews.com/article/rura...

A $50B rural health fund was negotiated with hospitals in mind. Experts are split on whether it will help them at all. Healthcare Dive with comments from @cahsperiph.bsky.social Co-Director www.healthcaredive.com/news/a-50b-r...

NPR: When hospitals and insurers fight, patients get caught in the middle with comments from @cahsperiph.bsky.social Co-Director www.npr.org/sections/sho...

A $50B rural health fund was negotiated with hospitals in mind. Experts are split on whether it will help them at all. | Healthcare Dive With comments from @cahsperiph.bsky.social Co-Director www.healthcaredive.com/news/a-50b-r...

Updated: MISSOURI Medicaid DASHBOARD with JULY 2025 data on enrollment, applications, managed care & geographic distribution Enrollment rises slightly to 1.3 million; @cahsperiph.bsky.social analysis cahsper.wustl.edu/impact/medic...

New from RUPRI Health Panel Rural EMS Regionalization - Opportunities and Policy Considerations Policy report highlights how regionalized systems can improve care through coordination to share resources, standardized protocols, and dispatch functions. apps.its.uiowa.edu/dispatch/mes...

What happens then? The practical consequences of losing a country’s commitment to science - The Healthiest Goldfish by Sandro Galea substack.com/home/post/p-...

Updated: MISSOURI Medicaid DASHBOARD with JULY 2025 data on enrollment, applications, managed care & geographic distribution Enrollment rises slightly to 1.3 million; @cahsperiph.bsky.social analysis cahsper.wustl.edu/impact/medic...