Obamacare

The United States Supreme Court has uphelp provisions in the federal health law that provided subsidies for low-income people to buy health insurance. Essentially, the nation's highest court upheld the Affordable Care Act, which is popularly known as Obamacare.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press.

Kansas GOP leaders want Congress to be ready to take action on Obamacare after US Supreme Court rules.

Leaders of health committees in the Kansas Legislature, along with 70 state GOP lawmakers, are urging leaders in Congress to re-examine the federal health law known as Obamacare. Many Kansas legislators want the law, officially known as the Affordable Care Act, repealed.

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

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates 1.3 million Kansans are covered by health insurance policies that include preventive services at no cost to the patient.

Catholic bishops in Kansas have endorsed the idea of expanding Medicaid, albeit with some reservations.

Odds appear low that Kansas lawmakers will expand Medicaid. But not expanding the health insurance program for the poor will also be financially detrimental to many hospitals. Some may even be forced to close. The prospect of that happening has captured the attention of lawmakers who live in districts where these hospitals are located.

Two of the largest providers of health insurance in Kansas say the latest group of residents to enroll for coverage under the Affordable Care Act are older and sicker than last year.

Lawmakers listen to both sides during two days of hearings.