A Billion Dollars and Counting; What Kansas Lost by Not Expanding Medicaid

Wednesday, March 30th, 2016, by Duane Goossen

When converted into $100 bills, here's what one billion dollars looks like on wooden pallets. (Photo from Wikipedia)

Kansas lawmakers have already forfeited a billion dollars in federal healthcare funding by not expanding Medicaid coverage. Guest Commentator Duane Goossen tells us that refusing to expand the program will continue to cost the state money and leave more than 100,000 Kansans without health insurance.

Report: KanCare Expansion Would Provide Mental Healthcare to 34,000 Kansans

Tuesday, March 29th, 2016, by Bryan Thompson

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says Kansas could help 34,000 uninsured residents suffering from mental illness or substance abuse if the state would expand Medicaid under its KanCare program.

New Poll Shows Continued Support for Medicaid Expansion in Kansas

Tuesday, March 8th, 2016, by Jim McLean

A new poll shows a majority of Kansans support the expansion of Medicaid, known in Kansas as KanCare, to insure more low-income adults in the state.

Kansas Hospitals: Not Expanding Medicaid Costing State More than $1 Billion So Far

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016, by Jim McLean

While more than half the states have expanded Medicaid, Kansas and Missouri have not. The Kansas Hospital Association says that by rejecting Medicaid expansion, the state has lost out on more than a billion dollars in federal funding.

Kansas Lt. Governor: Working Group Serious About Helping Rural Providers

Wednesday, February 10th, 2016, by Jim McLean

Supporters of Medicaid expansion in Kansas say the rural health task force created by the governor is nothing more than window dressing; political cover to show that the state is doing something to help struggling rural hospitals. But the man leading the task force, Lt. Governor Jeff Colyer, disagrees.

Feds Pleased with Final Obamacare Enrollment Figures

Thursday, February 4th, 2016, by Bryan Thompson

Federal officials say they're pleased with the latest enrollment numbers for federal health insurance. In Kansas, more than 100,000 have signed up for Obamacare and in Missouri, nearly 300,000.

Critics Slam Use of ACA Funds to Balance Kansas Budget

Thursday, January 21st, 2016, by Jim McLean

Despite his opposition to "Obamacare," Brownback wants to use money from the health reform law to help balance the Kansas budget.

Brownback Reasserts Opposition to Medicaid Expansion

Wednesday, January 13th, 2016, by Jim McLean

Some rural Kansas hospitals are in financial trouble, and Governor Sam Brownback is laying the blame squarely on President Obama and the Affordable Care Act.

Proponents of Medicaid Expansion Present at KanCare Forum in Overland Park

Wednesday, January 6th, 2016, by Heartland Health Monitor

Proponents of expanding Medicaid in Kansas gathered at a forum in Overland Park to talk about KanCare, the state's privatized version of Medicaid. At the forum, leaders from Indiana talked about that conservative state's experience in expanding the health insurance program for the poor.

ACA Helps Launch Lawrence Diner

Monday, January 4th, 2016, by Jim McLean

Ladybird Diner in Downtown Lawrence (Photo by Jim McLean)

One Lawrence restaurant owner says she couldn't have opened her business without help from the federal health insurance program.

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A Billion Dollars and Counting; What Kansas Lost by Not Expanding Medicaid

Report: KanCare Expansion Would Provide Mental Healthcare to 34,000 Kansans

New Poll Shows Continued Support for Medicaid Expansion in Kansas

Kansas Hospitals: Not Expanding Medicaid Costing State More than $1 Billion So Far

Kansas Lt. Governor: Working Group Serious About Helping Rural Providers

Feds Pleased with Final Obamacare Enrollment Figures

Critics Slam Use of ACA Funds to Balance Kansas Budget

Brownback Reasserts Opposition to Medicaid Expansion

Proponents of Medicaid Expansion Present at KanCare Forum in Overland Park

ACA Helps Launch Lawrence Diner

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