Governor Mike Kehoe and the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) announced the State of Missouri has been awarded more than $216 million in funding for the first year of the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program, a $50 billion initiative designed to...
MO to Block Junk Food from SNAP Purchases
Starting in 2026, Missouri will prohibit the use of food stamps to purchase some junk food items. The items to be excluded from SNAP benefits includes candy, prepared desserts, soda, beverage mixes, juices and punches that are 50% or less natural fruit or vegetable...
Email Scam Targeting Medicaid
In a campaign designed to steal sensitive information and funds, fraudulent organizations have been impersonating the Missouri Medicaid Audit and Compliance Unit (MMAC) in emails, according to an alert from the Missouri Department of Social Services. MMAC has reported...
Governor Kehoe Announces Submission of Missouri’s Rural Health Transformation Plan
Governor Mike Kehoe and the Department of Social Services announced on Wednesday that the State of Missouri had submitted its Rural Health Transformation (RHT) plan to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). According to the governor’s press release,...
Gov. Kehoe Announces Refocus of Missouri’s SNAP Program
Governor Mike Kehoe and the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) announced that the State of Missouri has submitted a waiver request to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to alter Missouri's Supplemental...
Report Exposes that Abortion Pill Complications are Underreported
National Right to Life has released a new report, Missed, Misclassified, and Minimized: Why Abortion Pill Complications Are Underreported, by Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., National Right to Life Director of Education and Research. The study last year found that more...






