Featured Reports
| Health Insurance
As efforts to reform the health care system — nationally and here in Kansas — continue, this Annual Insurance Update 2012 provides new information from the U.S. Census Bureau on insurance coverage in Kansas.
| Community Health
With the release of the 2013 County Health Rankings, Kansas counties can see how they compare with their neighbors so they can identify where they do well and where they can improve.
| Health Reform, Medicaid-CHIP
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.
| May. 09, 2013 | Child Health
This new issue brief explains the origins of the Children’s Initiatives Fund (CIF) in Kansas and how the fund is used to support children’s programs, especially those that focus on early childhood, health, mental health and child welfare.
| Apr. 17, 2013 | Health Insurance
As efforts to reform the health care system — nationally and here in Kansas — continue, this Annual Insurance Update 2012 provides new information from the U.S. Census Bureau on insurance coverage in Kansas.
| Mar. 25, 2013 | KHI Legislative Testimony
Testimony was offered by the Kansas Health Institute on Senate Bill 215 and House Bill 2168, both of which would incentivize casino development in Southeast Kansas.
| Mar. 21, 2013 | Health Reform
This Kansas Health Institute health reform brief examines how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may affect Kansans with mental illness as well as mental health providers.
| Mar. 20, 2013 | Community Health
With the release of the 2013 County Health Rankings, Kansas counties can see how they compare with their neighbors so they can identify where they do well and where they can improve.
| Feb. 19, 2013 | Health Reform, Medicaid-CHIP
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.
| Jan. 31, 2013 | Health Insurance, Health Reform
The Kansas Health Institute conducted a study about how Kansans perceive the health care system and the Affordable Care Act. The study produced two briefs, “Kansans Share Thoughts on Health Care System” and “What Do Kansans Know about Health Reform?”
| Jan. 23, 2013 | Community Health, Public Health Systems and Services, Tobacco
This new issue brief examines whether a statewide smoking ban enacted in 2010 was associated with a change in sales at Kansas restaurants and bars. The Legislature approved the Kansas Indoor Clean Air Act to protect the health of Kansans by reducing their exposure to secondhand smoke in most public places.
| Jan. 08, 2013 | Health Insurance, Health Reform
In 2014, the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate will require nearly all U.S. citizens to have health insurance. The health reform law also requires each state to have an online marketplace known as a health insurance exchange where people can obtain insurance. This new issue brief — the eighth in a series focusing on health reform — examines which Kansans would be most likely to use a health insurance exchange.
| Dec. 21, 2012 | Budget
This issue brief outlines the budget situation that Kansas faces in FY 2014. Lawmakers have the most discretion over the SGF, which is the largest fund within the state budget and receives and spends the majority of state tax revenue.
| Dec. 04, 2012 | Health Insurance, Health Reform, Medicaid-CHIP
This new issue brief examines the effects of a health reform provision to expand Medicaid eligibility for low-income adults.
| Dec. 03, 2012 | Health Insurance, Health Reform
The continued implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the launch of KanCare ensure that the upcoming legislative session and beyond will be busy and eventful.
| Nov. 09, 2012 | Health Insurance, Medicaid-CHIP
This fact sheet outlines major findings from recent U.S. Census Bureau data about the insurance status of Kansans.
| Oct. 25, 2012 | Health Reform, Presentations, Health Reform
The Kansas Health Institute delivered this presentation to the Murphy Society at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. The presentation includes an overview of Affordable Care Act provisions that already are in effect and those that are yet to be implemented.
| Oct. 23, 2012 | Community Health, Public Health Systems and Services
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.
