The End of Money…and Freedom?

HB 1165 Would Change Everything We Know About Money, Privacy, and Health Freedom UPDATED: April 4, 2023 At the last minute on Monday, April 3rd, the vote in Legislative Oversight committee for HCS HB 1165 was postponed by the committee chair, Rep. Knight. We hope this bill will not be taken up again in the…

IHC Legislation Update

March 9, 2023 Missouri’s legislative session has been in full swing since the first week of January. Since that time, dozens of bills that threaten health freedom have moved quickly through the legislative process. Good bills, however, are also making their way through committee and onto the chamber floors. Here, at the beginning of Spring…

Witnesses Needed!

SB 204 – Senator Mike Moon (R) – REPEALS CERTIFICATE OF NEED LAW Senate Bill 204, sponsored by Senator Mike Moon (R), will be heard in committee Wednesday, February 8th at 10:00 am. This critical bill would repeal the Missouri Certificate of Need statute, open up competition, give health care employees and providers more freedom,…

Medical Privacy

Global Integration of Personal Health DataComes to Missouri “Privacy means people know what they’re signing up for, in plain language, and repeatedly. I believe people are smart. Some people want to share more than other people do. Ask them.”— Steve Jobs On June 7, 2021 Missouri joined the other 49 states in passing the Prescription…

Update on the Missouri House Vote on HR 11

Thursday, January 12, 2023 Wednesday morning, January 11th, the Missouri House of Representatives passed the hotly-contested House Resolution 11 (HR 11) which handed unprecedented power to the Missouri Speaker of the House. Though Republican representatives pushed back in the days leading up the vote, in the end they ceded significant power to the Speaker, authority…