Medicaid

Budget woes in Kansas have forced Governor Sam Brownback to do something he said he wouldn't do -- make cuts to the state Medicaid program, KanCare.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press, as compiled by the KPR news staff.

State Representative Jim Kelly is working with a group headed by Lieutenant Governor Jeff Colyer designed to assist health care providers in rural areas.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press as compiled by the KPR news staff.

Here is the audio of the 2016 State-of-the-State address at the Kansas Statehouse, delivered on Tuesday, January 12, 2016.

Renovations at Osawatomie State Hospital have reduced that facility's capacity, and emergency rooms are having to pick up the slack.

The state hospital at Osawatomie recently lost federal certification and the associated federal funding.

Check out the latest Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press, as compiled by the KPR news team.

The complications in implementing a new software system have led to a backlog of more than 6,000 applications.

Two Kansas lawmakers who were recently kicked-off a health committee by Speaker of the House Ray Merrick are pushing back. They say they were removed from the committee because of their support for Medicaid expansion, but they say, their removal won't stop the debate over expanding the health insurance program for the poor.