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  • Why Missouri Should Not Expand Medicaid: Part 1

    Headlines The Headline of the Rolla Daily News this Friday March 1 could have read " Legislature's Actions Could Harm Hospital, and Save Citizens & Children From Mountain of Debt". However, the second part of the headline did not appear, just the part about harming the hosptial did.  Perhaps it could have read  "Mo Legislature Says It Can't Fix Fed's Mistake" , or "Legislature Wants To Improve Health Care For Poor Before Forcing More Into Medicaid".  It is precisely out of concern for our most ...

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    by Keith Frederick
    Sunday, 03 March 2013
  • No To The Insurance Exchanges and Medicaid Expansion

    I am just back from a meeting in Florida regarding the need for Medicaid reforms.  The "Medicaid Cure" Summit was attended by more than 20 state legislators and as many repressentatives of think tank organizations across the country.  Notably among the presenters were Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute and Nina Owcharenko of the Heritage Foundation.  Dr. Jeff Colyer was a Keynote speaker regarding Medicaid reform in Kansas.Also discussed was teh decision states have to make regarding participa ...

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    by Keith Frederick
    Wednesday, 21 November 2012
  • Boys State: How a Thousand Teenage Males Running a Government is Not as Scary as it Sounds

                I recently had the honor of spending one week at Missouri Boys State.  I’m sure there are some former Boys Staters reading this, but for those of you who don’t know exactly what it is, it’s a huge political simulation.  Everything you’d expect in a real government, from a Senate to a police force is present (well, everything except females).  If you must know, I was a lobbyist for my city, so I got to be cold and pushy for an entire week, much like I am in real life (I wasn’t really ...

    by Colin Darnell
    Friday, 13 July 2012
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Keith Frederick is an orthopedic surgeon in Rolla, MO and currently the only physician in the Missouri House:

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Why Missouri Should Not Expand Medicaid: Part 1
Missouri Politics
Headlines The Headline of the Rolla Daily News this Friday March 1 could have read " Legislature's Actions Could Harm Hospital, and Save Citizens & Children From Mountain of Debt". However, the second part of the headline did not appear, just the pa...
No To The Insurance Exchanges and Medicaid Expansion
Missouri Politics
I am just back from a meeting in Florida regarding the need for Medicaid reforms.  The "Medicaid Cure" Summit was attended by more than 20 state legislators and as many repressentatives of think tank organizations across the country.  Notably among t...
Questionable Practices in Candidate Questionnaires
Missouri Politics
Take for example the questionnaire I got last month from the SEIU, the Service Employees International Union. The questionnaire’s first page contains the following:   Candidate Statement: I affirmatively seek the endorsement and support of the SEI...
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