health insurance

On this edition of Conversations, Dr. Ricardo Nulia talks with host Dan Skinner about “The People’s Hospital – Hope and Peril in American Medicine.”

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.

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.

The Lenten season is here. For Christians, it's a time of fasting and sacrifice that ends with Easter. Commentator Bob Schremmer says Lent is also a good time to let go of "indifference." In this Lenten message, he calls upon the faithful to care for the poor and sick.

Expanding Medicaid in Kansas would allow the state to access nearly $950 million in federal funds.

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.

Here's a summary of today's news headlines (mostly for Kansas) from the Associated Press, as compiled by KPR news staffers.

An effort called Cover Kansas is trying to help Kansans navigate the federal health insurance marketplace so they can get the best health insurance plan to fit their needs.

The Wichita Chamber of Commerce has endorsed the idea of expanding Medicaid in Kansas, but its support for the health insurance program for poor people is conditional.

Coventry Health Care of Kansas and Coventry Health & Life Insurance are withdrawing their services as options for Kansans seeking health care coverage.