The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) is requesting information from the public and all interested stakeholders regarding the opportunity to stabilize and transform the health insurance market in Missouri through innovative concepts through a State Innovation Waiver (“1332 Waiver”) authorized under 42 U.S.C. §18052.  The information received in response to this RFI will be used by the State of Missouri in formulating policy. 

“It is my sincere hope that all stakeholders interested in improving the health insurance market in Missouri for all of our citizens will take this opportunity to share their thoughts and ideas with us,” said Chlora Lindley-Myers, Director of the Department of Commerce and Insurance and Chair of the Missouri Health Insurance Innovation Task Force (Task Force). 

The information gathered through this request for information will be used by the Missouri Health Insurance Innovation Task Force as it works to formulate its recommendations to submit to Missouri Governor Mike Parson in January 2020.

Information regarding the process of responding to the RFI can be obtained through the Task Force website. Responses can be submitted no later than 5 p.m. on October 4, 2019.

Governor Michael L. Parson created the Missouri Health Insurance Innovation Task Force through the issuance of Executive Order 19-13 on July 17, 2019. The Task Force is charged with identifying and developing concepts that will result in significant innovation in the Missouri health insurance market. The goals of the task force include developing concepts that will improve access to affordable insurance options and access to health care services in the state while reducing the state’s uninsured rate; empowering consumer-driven health care; increasing access to health care in rural areas of the state; and incentivizing health carriers to enter or expand service areas in the state, with an emphasis on increasing the number of health carriers actively marketing in the rural areas of the state.