Heartland Health Monitor

After another legislative session with no action on Medicaid expansion, advocates in Kansas are turning their attention to the upcoming state elections and urging voters to become more vocal on the issue.

A small hospital in Syracuse, Kansas, has been losing about $100,000 a month and was about to close down leaving residents with no easy access to medical services. But the hospital has struck a partnership with a hospital company from Oklahoma and will be able to continue operating.

Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri and Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region were notified on Tuesday that they'd no longer be eligible to receive Medicaid reimbursement money from the state of Kansas.

The state's decision comes despite a recent warning from the Obama Administration that ending Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood could be a violation of federal law.

A new report finds that one in every seven Kansas residents experiences food insecurity during the year.

It was widely expected that the Kansas Supreme Court would agree to hear the case.

Not only do wealthier people live better than poor people, a new study confirms that the affluent also live longer lives. The study suggests this is true for both men and women.

Kansas is one of 10 states chosen by the U.S. Justice Department to form special task forces which will go after unscrupulous nursing homes and those who abuse elderly citizens.

A mother in Garden City, who advocates the medicinal use of marijuana, is suing the state of Kansas for removing her son from her home.

Supporters of Medicaid expansion in Kansas have been fighting an uphill battle, but a group is focused on trying again in 2017.