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Oct. 23, 2018Jefferson City, MO |  By: AP

MO House Speaker named new Director of Medicaid program

Missouri House Speaker Todd Richardson says he wants to improve people's health
while reigning in costs as the next director of the state's Medicaid program.

Richardson was announced Monday as director of the MO HealthNet Division,
effective November 1. The Republican from Poplar Bluff will be resigning about two
months before his House term was scheduled to end.

Gov. Mike Parson said he wanted Richardson for the position because of his
"personal integrity" and "bipartisan respect'' among policymakers.

Richardson will be paid $225,000, making him one of the highest paid state
employees. He will earn more than both Parson and Chief Justice Zel Fischer.

Department of Social Services Director Steve Corsi says the salary is
appropriate for overseeing a $10 billion program that provides health care to
about 940,000 people