Missouri can save money and improve care by cutting the middleman out of Medicaid

Missouri can save money and improve care by cutting the middleman out of Medicaid

(Getty Images).What would you say if I told you it’s possible to cut $250 million from the Missouri Medicaid budget while also improving the health of people on Medicaid? All we need to do is cut out the middleman by not renewing our state contracts with insurance corporations like Centene, Blue Cross and United Healthcare. Over the past decade, the corporations running Medicaid nationally averaged an astronomical overhead rate of 13%. On top of…