Buy PhotoAttorney General Chris Koster, a Democrat running for governor, fields questions from medical professionals about health care and Medicaid expansion on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, at the Jordan Valley Community Health Center in Springfield.(Photo: Will Schmitt/News-Leader)Buy PhotoTwo weeks out from the Nov. 8 election, health care — and whether Missouri should expand Medicaid as part of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act — was the focus of two political discussions in Springfield.Local legislative candidates and candidates for lieutenant governor weighed in on whether the state should accept federal funds to extend health insurance coverage during a Monday night forum hosted by the Greene County Medical Society.There, moderator and family practice physician Jim Blaine prompted the political hopefuls to explain their positions on Medicaid expansion and a proposed prescription drug monitoring program. Missouri is the only state in the nation without a database to track purchases of painkillers and other …
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Medicaid expansion, Obamacare reform and PDMP databases take center stage at political events – Springfield News-Leader