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Missouri health insurance was the topic of discussion at the healthcare summit held yesterday. And while the ideas that came out of that summit are good ones, the rising costs of medical coverage are going to make it difficult to turn those ideas into an affordable reality.

At the Southwest Missouri Business Journal, the long list of insurance providers, legislators, and industry representatives is proof that Missouri health insurance is in need of revision, and somebody wants to do something about it.

And the HealthNet proposal is a good one. It would provide qualified, uninsured Missouri citizens a single caregiver to plan and administer wellness appointments and other checkups. This could be of tremendous help to the more than 700,000 people in Missouri who aren't insured.

But the implementation of such a plan is the real issue at hand, and sadly it isn't going to be very easy for those present at the summit. Healthcare costs are ridiculously high, and many states are struggling to insure their citizens without going broke. While all of these folks at the summit truly mean well, getting better funding for insurance, or lowering healthcare costs, is the only way to make medical coverage available to everyone.

One good point in this plan is that participants will be better able to choose their own health plan, or purchase Missouri health insurance from a more competitive market. This could save people a lot of money, easing the insurance burden, at least for awhile.