Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program provide health insurance for thousands of low-income Kansans. These programs account for the second largest proportion of state spending besides K-12 education and are among the fastest growing programs in the state budget. KHI analyzes these programs to assist policymakers in constructing the most effective programs for these vulnerable populations.
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Parents and legislators met in Olathe with KDADS Secretary Shawn Sullivan to talk about the issue of including long-term supports for the developmentally disabled in KanCare. Rep. John Rubin was among those who have concluded it would be a bad idea. But Sullivan said expanding KanCare would leave the current system in place while improving health outcomes and reducing costs. Rubin said he and others would try to persuade fellow lawmakers to continue the current "carve-out."
0 | Feb. 19, 2013 |
A discussion of recent estimates on the cost of expanding Medicaid if Kansas were to do so under the Affordable Care Act. was hosted today by the Kansas Health Institute, the Kansas Policy Institute, and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
0 | Dec. 04, 2012 |
This new issue brief examines the effects of a health reform provision to expand Medicaid eligibility for low-income adults.
0 | Nov. 09, 2012 |
This fact sheet outlines major findings from recent U.S. Census Bureau data about the insurance status of Kansans.
0 | Oct. 12, 2012 |
KanCare is Gov. Sam Brownback’s plan to move virtually all of the 380,000 Kansas Medicaid enrollees into managed care plans with three private companies. This fact sheet provides information about the three companies known as managed care organizations, or MCOs.
0 | Jul. 31, 2012 |
This presentation was delivered during the annual Kansas Conference on Poverty, July 25-27 in Wichita. The conference — themed “Helping Overcome Poverty’s Existence” — included national and local experts in health and social policy and drew participants from around the country.
1 | May. 20, 2013 |
Every day a small army of Kansans — officials estimate there are about 16,000 of them — are at work helping some of the state’s neediest cope with the demands of daily life so that they can remain in their own homes rather than nursing homes or state institutions.
0 | May. 20, 2013 |
Allowing adults to stay in the program when their income changes is a “big deal,” said Alan Weil, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy.
0 | May. 14, 2013 |
That sigh of relief you heard Monday was from hospital administrators in nearly two dozen states, including Florida, Texas and Kansas. That’s because the Obama administration announced Monday that for the next two years, it doesn’t plan to penalize states that have yet to expand Medicaid coverage under the federal health law by targeting them for reduced Medicaid funding.
0 | May. 14, 2013 |
Last week the Arkansas legislature approved a plan to give Medicaid beneficiaries money to buy individual policies from private insurers on the state’s health insurance exchange. One insurer is already expressing interest.
0 | May. 14, 2013 |
Republican Colorado state Sen. Larry Crowder said he couldn’t vote against the bill when hospitals in his district are strained to the breaking point caring for the uninsured. Colorado hospitals strongly support the expansion, saying it will replace many of their unpaid bills with new Medicaid payments.
2 | May. 18, 2013 |
Over the five decades leading to a new millennium, state government in Kansas had assumed a rhythm of reform and advancement. Today it thrums with the drone of demolition.
1 | May. 20, 2013 |
Every day a small army of Kansans — officials estimate there are about 16,000 of them — are at work helping some of the state’s neediest cope with the demands of daily life so that they can remain in their own homes rather than nursing homes or state institutions.
0 | May. 16, 2013 |
For many generations, Kansans were governed by experienced, educated and thoughtful people who realized the great difference that government had made in their lives. The people elected to office had known lives before a time of new and noble purpose. They had come through a civil war, a panic, a great depression and two world wars. They saw the need for a government. It could not go away.
0 | May. 17, 2013 |
The 1980s and 1990s were the last decades of significant and compelling reform in Kansas. The legislative agenda seemed dominated by Democrat Gov. John Carlin but he could not have seen through reforms without help from Republicans and their leaders.
0 | May. 21, 2013 |
After weeks of impasse, a House-Senate bargaining team today reached apparent accord on a budget plan. The House could take up the measure for a vote by Wednesday afternoon, but House leaders said that won't happen unless a tax deal also is struck. The tax conference committee is scheduled to meet again at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
0 | May. 14, 2013 |
Pharmacist Lori Murdock recently signed up for the medication disposal program run by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, she said, because it's the right thing to do. “It’s a big concern to the public and the general population to say, ‘OK, I can’t just keep flushing this stuff … and I really don’t want to put it in the trash because who knows who can get into it and where is it going,’” Murdock said. “Our population is getting more interested in doing the right things.”
6 | Nov. 01, 2010 |
Proponents say e-cigarettes deliver only nicotine with none of the hazardous chemicals of traditional cigarettes. The smoke-like vapor emitted is virtually odorless and harmless, they say. But opponents say little is known of e-cigarettes' health effects and until they've been rigorously studied, they should be banned - at least from public spaces.
2 | May. 18, 2013 |
Over the five decades leading to a new millennium, state government in Kansas had assumed a rhythm of reform and advancement. Today it thrums with the drone of demolition.
1 | May. 20, 2013 |
Every day a small army of Kansans — officials estimate there are about 16,000 of them — are at work helping some of the state’s neediest cope with the demands of daily life so that they can remain in their own homes rather than nursing homes or state institutions.
5 | Oct. 23, 2012 |
The Kansas Health Institute recently completed its first health impact assessment, which examined the potential health effects associated with casino development in Southeast Kansas. This new report features findings of the health impact assessment and outlines recommendations to maximize the positive health benefits of a proposed casino and mitigate its potential negative effects on health.
2 | Apr. 22, 2013 |
Gov. Sam Brownback signed into law a bill requiring the University of Kansas Medical Center to create a center for conducting non-embryonic stem cell research.
1 | May. 01, 2013 |
Larned State Hospital has fired its nursing director, but state officials would not comment on why, according to a report published by the Garden City Telegram. The hospital — one of two state-run inpatient facilities for mentally ill adults — has struggled with staffing issues in recent years.
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