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
Government health spending will outpace private Total health spending now 17.3 percent of the economy. 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
Mental health system close to collapse, center directors say Last year, nine of the state’s 27 community mental health centers spent more money than they took in. Continue Reading
