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Missouri Department of Health

Contact Information
Maureen Dempsey, M.D. Director
920-930 Wildwood
P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0570
Telephone (573) 751-6001
Fax (573) 751-6041

Email:
smarcus@startribune.com
Web:
http://www.health.state.mo.us/
The Missouri Department of Health Web site consists of information on legislative issues, public notices, news releases, publications, resource materials, birth and death records, a consumers guide for managed care, health data and statistical report, community health initiatives, and information on prevention an wellness.
Kansas City Free Health Clinic

Contact Information
2 East 39th Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
Telephone: (816) 753-5144
Fax (816) 753-0804

Web:
http://www.kcfree.org/
Their mission is to promote health and wellness by providing quality services, at no charge, to people without access to basic care. In 1971, Kansas City Free Health Clinic began providing free, quality health care to the citizens of our area. The Clinic continues to be a true community response to the needs of the people of Kansas City. Their care is provided in a non-judgemental atmosphere where we repect the dignity of the individual patient.
St. Louis Comprehensive Neighborhood Health Center, Inc.

5471 Dr. Martin Luther King Dr.
St Louis, MO 63112
Telephone: 314-367-5820
St. Louis Comprehensive Neighborhood Health Center was founded in 1969 to deliver high quality personalized, dignified healthcare to a medically indigent and under-served population.
Carondelet Health

Web:
http://www.carondelethealth.org/
Carondelet Health, which includes Saint Joseph Health Center and St. Mary's Hospital of Blue Springs, is a not-for-profit, Catholic sponsored health care system which offers a full range of health services with a singular mission to serve the community and provide innovative, convenient and quality health care.
HealthConnect

HealthContact
5247 Johnson Drive
Suite 154
Mission, KS 66205
(913) 652-6682 (voice)
(800) 786-8971 (FAX)

Email:
healthcontact@healthcontact.com
Web:
http://www.healthcontact.com/
HealthContact - Kansas City maintains an extensive database of specialist physicians, surgeons, local hospitals, health insurance plans as well as valuable specialty-specific medical information.
Missouri-Bureau of Special Health Care Needs

Noland Court
Independence, MO 64055
Telephone: 816-325-6110
Fax 816-325-6165

Email:
comments@miph.org
Web:
http://www.hauw.org/wtt
/d8_605.htm13901

Information for bureau and requirements to qualify for help.
Health Midwest

Contact Information:
Corporate Relations Department
2304 E. Meyer Blvd., A-21
Kansas City, MO 64132-1199
Telephone: 816.276.9297
Fax: 816.276.9222

Web:
http://www.healthmidwest.org/
Health Midwest is a comprehensive, not-for-profit health delivery system serving the Kansas City metropolitan area and outlying regions. The System encompasses 15 general acute care, rehabilitation and behavioral health centers; 3,000 physicians; 14,700 employees; numerous outpatient facilities and medical office buildings; and a broad spectrum of other vital health care services. Web site features links to all of the Health Midwest medical facilities, times for their radio program, physician locator, drug checker, disease information, tools for consumers, and a variety of useful health and medical information and services for the general public.
SB 593-Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program

Contact Information:
STEPHEN WITTE

Web:
http://www.senate.state.mo.us/
bills/SB593.htm

SB 593 - This act establishes the Missouri Universal Health Assurance Program (Program). The Program is a publicly-financed, statewide insurance program that will provide comprehensive health care coverage for Missouri residents. The Web site features a summary of this act, the entire bill and information about the sponsor.
Missourians for Single Payer Health Care

P.O. Box 3238
St. Louis, MO 63130
Contact: Margaret Taylor


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