People with adequate health insurance are less likely to delay or go without needed care and they tend to be healthier than those who don't have coverage or are underinsured. Medical debt incurred by those who aren't well covered is a leading cause of bankruptcy. Approximately 338,000 Kansans lack health insurance. KHI researchers and journalists analyze and report on various coverage issues in an effort to inform policymakers and others working to solve these problems.
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While a large part of national health reform focuses on expanding health insurance coverage to the uninsured, now, more than ever, addressing the adequacy of insurance coverage is crucial. For this reason, the issue of underinsurance is of particular interest to policymakers, industry leaders and the public.
0 | Jan. 23, 2012 |
This fact sheet outlines major findings from recent U.S. Census Bureau data about the insurance status of Kansans.
0 | Sep. 20, 2011 |
This KHI fact sheet provides a summary of the most recent data, released Sept. 13, 2011, by the U.S. Census Bureau on the health insurance status of Kansans.
0 | Dec. 27, 2010 |
This issue brief looks at the 2008–2009 insurance status of Kansans and explains how health reform may affect coverage in years to come.
0 | Jul. 20, 2010 |
This annual report contains information about the sources of health insurance for Kansans and details the socio-demographic characteristics of the uninsured.
0 | May. 28, 2010 |
This brief looks at current and proposed legislation at the state and national levels that addresses the issue of medical debt.
0 | Feb. 03, 2012 |
Gov. Sam Brownback today appointed former legislator Phyllis Gilmore to be secretary of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, following the troubled tenure of Rob Siedlecki, who resigned in December after just a year at the post.
0 | Feb. 02, 2012 |
The acting head of the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services today apologized for the agency not doing enough to investigate reports of elder abuse and neglect.
0 | Feb. 01, 2012 |
A Wichita lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require an annual evaluation of the state's Medicaid managed care contractors.
0 | Feb. 01, 2012 |
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas has notified doctors and other providers that company officials have decided against bidding on Gov. Sam Brownback's KanCare proposal. "It would have required us to dramatically change our business model to serve new populations in different settings in less than a year," a Blue Cross official wrote. "We decided that we could not responsibly commit to so great a change at this time."
0 | Jan. 31, 2012 |
Today was the first of two deadlines for Medicaid managed care proposals to be submitted to Kansas purchasing officials. But no information about the KanCare bidders will be released until the second deadline, which is next month. Feb. 22 is when interested companies must have turned in the financial information accompanying their plan proposals.
1 | Feb. 06, 2012 |
Citing uncertainty in the amount of money Kansas will receive from major tobacco companies as part of a long-standing legal settlement, Gov. Sam Brownback has proposed cutting $16 million from programs that promote parenting skills and early childhood development.
0 | Jan. 01, 2009 |
This introduction to the issue of underinsurance discusses the difficulty in determining what constitutes underinsurance and alerts policymakers to issues they should consider when addressing this issue.
0 | Feb. 03, 2012 |
Gov. Sam Brownback today appointed former legislator Phyllis Gilmore to be secretary of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, following the troubled tenure of Rob Siedlecki, who resigned in December after just a year at the post.
0 | Feb. 02, 2012 |
Two bills before a House corrections committee are aimed at growing problems among youths in Leavenworth County, according to county officials.
0 | Jan. 25, 2012 |
The head of the Medicaid fraud unit at the Kansas Attorney General’s Office told lawmakers it was easy to cheat programs that provide in-home services for the disabled and the frail elderly.
0 | Sep. 11, 2008 |
TOPEKA, Sept. 11 - Videos of the recent health-care forum at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics have been posted on the Web site of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
1 | Feb. 06, 2012 |
Citing uncertainty in the amount of money Kansas will receive from major tobacco companies as part of a long-standing legal settlement, Gov. Sam Brownback has proposed cutting $16 million from programs that promote parenting skills and early childhood development.
3 | Jun. 22, 2011 |
In this video, KHI senior analyst Tatiana Lin discusses community water fluoridation from a public health perspective.
1 | Jan. 30, 2012 |
A top official at the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services defended a change in policy that has resulted in at least 1,000 children being dropped from the state’s food stamp program.
1 | Jan. 20, 2012 |
Gov. Sam Brownback on Friday hinted that his administration might use a portion of the revenues gained from his proposed elimination of the state’s earned income tax credit to help reduce long-standing waiting lists for services for the disabled.
1 | Jan. 20, 2012 |
A Wichita lawmaker has introduced a bill that would remove long-term care services for the developmentally disabled from the governor's plan to expand Medicaid managed care.
1 | Jan. 17, 2012 |
Recent cuts in community mental health center budgets are harming veterans and their families, according to a center director.
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