WASHINGTON (AP) — New government numbers show that a financial safeguard for Medicare beneficiaries has become a way for pharmaceuticals to get billions of dollars for pricey medications at taxpayer expense. The cost of Medicare’s “catastrophic” prescription coverage jumped by 85 percent in three years, from $27.7 billion in 2013 to $51.3 billion in 2015.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — An incoming high school senior from the Kansas City area will be one of the youngest delegates at the Democratic National Convention. Seventeen-year-old Rachel Gonzalez will be attending the convention that starts Monday in Philadelphia as a Missouri delegate for likely presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Missouri Democratic Party guidelines say…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Roy Blunt has served in Congress for two decades, but as he seeks re-election to the Senate, it’s uncertain whether his lengthy political career will be a help or a hindrance. Donald Trump’s rise to the Republican presidential nomination was fueled, in part, by anti-establishment fervor. Even in a solidly red…