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Lawmakers Negotiate Bill to Reduce KanCare Drug Costs

By Jim McLean
Published April 29, 2016 at 3:37 PM CDT
Republican Representative Dan Hawkins is one of the legislators negotiating a bill that would require KanCare providers to use a “step therapy” program for prescription drugs. (Photo by Jim McLean)
Republican Representative Dan Hawkins is one of the legislators negotiating a bill that would require KanCare providers to use a “step therapy” program for prescription drugs. (Photo by Jim McLean)

Finding a way to balance the state budget is the top priority for Kansas lawmakers in the final weeks of the legislative session. But dozens of other bills remain in play, including one aimed at lowering KanCare costs by limiting patient access to expensive drugs. More from Heartland Health Monitor’s Jim McLean.

Heartland Health Monitor is a reporting collaboration focused on health issues and their impact in Kansas and Missouri. The partners — Kansas Public Radio, KCUR Public Radio, KCPT Public Television and KHI News Service — strive to bring listeners and readers timely, accurate and comprehensive coverage of health and health-related issues.  

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Jim McLean
Jim McLean, Executive Editor of KHI News Service, oversees the KHI News Service. From 2005 until 2013, McLean coordinated all communications activities at KHI as Vice President for Public Affairs. The position he now occupies was created as part of a strategic initiative to solidify the editorial and operational independence of the KHI News Service. Prior to coming to KHI, McLean had a distinguished career as a journalist, serving as the news director and Statehouse bureau chief for Kansas Public Radio and a managing editor for the Topeka Capital-Journal. During his more than 20 years in Kansas journalism, McLean won numerous awards for journalistic excellence from the Kansas Press Association, regional chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. In 1997, McLean and two Capital-Journal colleagues received the Burton W. Marvin News Enterprise Award from the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism for a series of stories on the state’s business climate. McLean holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Washburn University.
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