MPCA’s ability to provide services to our members as well as other organizations has been rooted in our policy success since our inception. To date, we have secured:
Funding for life-saving substance use disorder and behavioral health services
Reinstatement of Adult Medicaid Dental Coverage
Medicaid Reimbursement for Licensed Professional Counselors and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
Medicaid Health Home Funding
12 Month Continuous Medicaid Coverage for Pregnant Women
Federal Legislative Champion support from former United States Senators Kit Bond and Roy Blunt resulting in hundreds of millions of federal dollars for new CHC sites and services
MPCA’s Government Affairs team and its member Government Affairs Committee work diligently each year to create and oversee the policy priorities at the state level.
Beginning in 2023, MPCA began hosting an Advocacy Retreat for members to better inform them of the trends and potential pitfalls of healthcare policy, as well as to create the policy agenda for the following year. MPCA also provides tools and resources for members to encourage advocacy efforts from the local level to the federal level.
MPCA encourages members to cultivate and maintain relationships with their elected officials and provides technical support when necessary to aid in that process.
Federal
Missouri Congressional Representatives
U.S. House District 1 — Congressman Wesley Bell
U.S. House District 2 — Congresswoman Ann Wagner
U.S. House District 3 — Congressman Bob Onder
U.S. House District 4 — Congressman Mark Alford
U.S. House District 5 — Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II
U.S. House District 6 — Congressman Sam Graves
U.S. House District 7 — Congressman Eric Burlison
U.S. House District 8 — Congressman Jason Smith