Category: Policy

Campaign asks Missouri voters to put Medicaid expansion on ballot

By Bridget McCandless, MD on September 5, 2019
President and CEO
Health Forward Foundation

Available. Accessible. Affordable. Health Forward Foundation has been working toward these goals for health care services in our two states since our founding in 2003. While we realize health entails far more than just access to care, having quality health care still matters.  I arrived at Health Forward six years ago this week. It was a […]

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Health Reform, Policy

Health Forward creates fund focused on advocacy, policy

By Tania Hewett-Mader on August 29, 2019
Policy Associate
Health Forward Foundation

Health Forward is pleased to announce our first request for proposal focused exclusively on advocacy. Advocacy plays an important role in our pursuit to eliminate barriers to quality health for those most in need. This funding opportunity is meant to build upon our existing policy agenda and complement the work of our other grantmaking rounds. […]

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Policy

Recap of the 2019 legislative session in Kansas and Missouri

By Tania Hewett-Mader on June 6, 2019
Policy Associate
Health Forward Foundation

Health Forward maintains a commitment to igniting communities of health for those most in need. One of the ways we do so is by using our voice to ensure that our elected leaders prioritize policy changes that support the health and well-being of our communities. Our policy agenda guides our work and keeps us on […]

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Policy

12 steps to bolster advocacy efforts

By Anne F. Rauth, MBA on April 11, 2019
Marketing and Development Director
Mercy and Truth Medical Missions

Advocacy efforts have been underway for several years now in Missouri and Kansas to expand coverage of Medicaid. Through my work at safety net clinic Mercy and Truth Medical Missions, I see individuals every week that are not covered under the plan, and they struggle to cover the cost of a co-pay to see a […]

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Health Reform, Policy, Safety Net

Why is everyone talking about Census 2020 now?

By Karen Dehais on April 1, 2019
Evaluation and Learning Officer
Health Forward Foundation

What comes to mind when you hear about the Census? Filling out forms? Census workers knocking on doors? Long statistical reports? While those descriptors might be true, they don’t tell the whole story. The Census is a powerful tool that directly influences how political and economic resources are distributed. It affects all of us — […]

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Policy

Spring is here and so is our mid-session legislative recap

By Tania Hewett-Mader on March 25, 2019
Policy Associate
Health Forward Foundation

We are finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel of a seemingly never-ending winter, and I, for one, could not be happier to feel the sunshine! The warming weather also means both the Kansas and Missouri legislatures have a limited amount of time left to get bills passed in 2019. Both legislatures are […]

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Policy

A look at Health Forward advocacy in 2019

By Tania Hewett-Mader on February 11, 2019
Policy Associate
Health Forward Foundation

Last year brought shifts in the political landscape and along with them, opportunities to advocate for the issues we support and to defend against cuts to social service programs that benefit those most in need.  But 2019 presents fresh opportunities to influence the health policy decisions that have an impact on our bi-state region. (Review […]

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Policy

Kansas City makes moves toward implementation of affordable housing plan

By Tania Hewett-Mader on September 27, 2018
Policy Associate
Health Forward Foundation

In November of last year, Kansas City embarked on a months-long process of evaluating the city’s most pressing housing needs through hosting a series of public meetings, conducting a citywide housing survey of residents, engaging city leaders, and hosting input sessions with a stakeholder group of local experts. The ultimate goal being the development of […]

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Policy

The public health infrastructure in Missouri: An ongoing crisis

By Bert Malone, M.P.A on August 16, 2018
Vice President
Missouri Public Health Association

As a member of the board of directors of the largest voluntary public health organization in the state of Missouri and a concerned advocate for public health, I remain appalled at the continuing dissolution of the public health infrastructure in our state. In the past 15 years alone, the line item in the state budget […]

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Policy

Survey provides comprehensive health data in Kansas, Missouri

 Kansas and Missouri Consumer Health Access report

By Jane Mosley, PhD on August 9, 2018
Program and Evaluation Officer
Health Forward Foundation

Communities often need richer detail on access to health care and coverage than federal surveys can offer. That is why the Health Forward Foundation, along with our partners the Kansas Health Foundation, Missouri Foundation for Health, REACH Healthcare Foundation, and United Methodist Healthy Ministry Fund, co-funded the Kansas and Missouri Consumer Health Access Survey (KMHS). […]

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Health Forward, Policy, Safety Net


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