/tags/insurance Insurance en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍřĚěĚĂ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 11:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2025-01-28/earthquakes-new-madrids-missouri-fame Poverty, job loss and high insurance costs have led to a lack of earthquake insurance in a town with a big fault and bigger problems. Tue, 28 Jan 2025 11:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2025-01-28/earthquakes-new-madrids-missouri-fame Harshawn Ratanpal, Ezra Bitterman /education/2024-10-08/school-insurance-rates-rising-missouri-buildings-damage-storms Climate change-driven weather events are causing more damage and wear and tear to school buildings in Missouri, driving up districts’ property insurance costs. Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:06:27 GMT /education/2024-10-08/school-insurance-rates-rising-missouri-buildings-damage-storms Jodi Fortino /health-science-environment/2024-04-22/illinois-house-clears-pritzker-led-insurance-utilization-management-reforms Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker celebrated a partial legislative victory late last week when the House passed his initiative to end some practices health insurance companies use to control the amount and cost of health care services individual patients receive. Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:07:49 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-04-22/illinois-house-clears-pritzker-led-insurance-utilization-management-reforms Peter Hancock /government-politics-issues/2024-02-05/illinois-immigrant-health-programs-enact-copays-as-cost-estimates-decline The state-funded health care programs serving certain low-income noncitizens have declined by tens of millions of dollars in recent months as the state rolled out new copay and coinsurance requirements this week. Mon, 05 Feb 2024 22:27:24 GMT /government-politics-issues/2024-02-05/illinois-immigrant-health-programs-enact-copays-as-cost-estimates-decline Jerry Nowicki /law-order/2023-12-07/illinois-supreme-court-rules-teen-bicyclist-is-covered-by-fathers-auto-insurance-policy The case involved a 14-year-old Chicago boy, who was struck by a hit-and-run driver in 2020 while riding his bicycle on a public street. He suffered injuries to his right arm, shoulder and thigh that required medical attention. Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:00:00 GMT /law-order/2023-12-07/illinois-supreme-court-rules-teen-bicyclist-is-covered-by-fathers-auto-insurance-policy Peter Hancock /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-06-21/why-a-missouri-couples-car-sex-may-have-geico-on-the-hook-for-5-2-million The Legal Roundtable analyzes the big award given to a woman who says she contracted HPV after having sex in a car insured by Geico. Tue, 21 Jun 2022 20:17:54 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-06-21/why-a-missouri-couples-car-sex-may-have-geico-on-the-hook-for-5-2-million Sarah Fenske /economy-business/2022-02-07/why-so-few-houses-have-earthquake-insurance-near-missouris-new-madrid-seismic-zone Only about 12% of homes in the New Madrid Seismic Zone in Missouri’s southeastern tip have earthquake insurance, a dramatic decline since 2000. Mon, 07 Feb 2022 11:24:09 GMT /economy-business/2022-02-07/why-so-few-houses-have-earthquake-insurance-near-missouris-new-madrid-seismic-zone Corinne Ruff /health-science-environment/2021-12-03/a-tale-of-two-medicaid-expansions-oklahoma-jumps-in-while-missouri-lags Voters in Missouri and Oklahoma approved Medicaid expansion to begin in 2021. But while Oklahoma has enrolled over 200,000 people so far, Missouri has enrolled fewer than 20,000. Why are two such similar states handling the public insurance rollout so differently? Fri, 03 Dec 2021 17:33:08 GMT /health-science-environment/2021-12-03/a-tale-of-two-medicaid-expansions-oklahoma-jumps-in-while-missouri-lags Bram Sable-Smith /health-science-environment/2021-05-20/retired-medical-workers-care-for-uninsured-missourians-these-are-your-neighbors A traveling medical clinic is expanding its reach to better meet the need in rural areas of eastern Missouri. The Rural Parish Clinic’s team of volunteer doctors and nurses treat low-income, uninsured adults out of a 40-foot converted van. Thu, 20 May 2021 21:30:52 GMT /health-science-environment/2021-05-20/retired-medical-workers-care-for-uninsured-missourians-these-are-your-neighbors Shahla Farzan /health-science-environment/2020-07-06/young-cancer-patients-on-medicaid-at-higher-risk-of-death-say-st-louis-researchers Children and teenagers diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. can have a very different chance of survival based on the type of health insurance they have,… Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:39:40 GMT /health-science-environment/2020-07-06/young-cancer-patients-on-medicaid-at-higher-risk-of-death-say-st-louis-researchers Shahla Farzan