Legislature considering more tax breaks The House has approved House Bill 2538, which would allow qualifying businesses to keep 95 percent of the income taxes withheld from employees’ paychecks for five years. Continue Reading
Kansas Supreme Court to rule on malpractice case Medical providers and others are anxiously waiting to see what the Kansas Supreme Court will do about the state's $250,000 cap on awards for pain and suffering in medical malpractice cases. Continue Reading
Plan would expand medical training in Wichita Kansas is going to need more doctors to meet the growing needs of an aging population, officials here say. Continue Reading
Hospital group is backing tobacco tax increase The Kansas Hospital Association will throw its lobbying clout behind a proposed increase in the state tobacco tax to restore a cut in the Medicaid rates paid to providers. Tom Bell, KHA president, said in an interview with the KHI News Service and State of the State KS, that the 194-member association would back Gov. Mark Parkinson’s call for increasing the tax on cigarettes from 79 cents to $1.34 per pack and also raising levies on other tobacco products. Continue Reading
Kansas County Health Rankings 2009 This report, a first-of-its-kind for Kansas, ranks all 105 counties in the state according to the health and well-being of their citizens. And it demonstrates the extent to which factors other than health care influence our health. Continue Reading
