| Jan. 25, 2012 | KHI Legislative Testimony, Public Health Systems and Services
In testimony to a joint meeting of the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee and House Health and Human Services Committee, KHI discusses the Kansas Partnership for Improving Community Health and the new KansasHealthMatters.org website.
| Jan. 24, 2012 | Health Reform
This brief — the fifth in a series focusing on how health reform affects Kansans — examines the changes that will occur in Medicare under the health reform law.
| Jan. 23, 2012 | Health Insurance
This fact sheet outlines major findings from recent U.S. Census Bureau data about the insurance status of Kansans.
| Jan. 18, 2012 | Immunizations, KHI Legislative Testimony
In testimony to the House Human Health and Services Committee, KHI discusses vaccine requirement exemptions.
| Jan. 11, 2012 | KHI Legislative Testimony, Medicaid-CHIP, Medicaid-CHIP
In testimony to the House Social Services Budget Committee, KHI discusses a proposal for Medicaid managed care.
| Jan. 10, 2012 | Budget
The governor’s puzzle choices stay quite close to the starting budget. The biggest spending increase is in Medicaid, where the governor adds money to acknowledge that Medicaid costs are going up. But he offsets a bit of that increase with his new KanCare managed care program.
| Oct. 25, 2011 | Community Health
Healthy Communities Wyandotte is a countywide initiative to involve local leaders and residents in improving the health of people in the community.
| Oct. 21, 2011 | Health Reform, Medicaid-CHIP
This brief — the fourth in a series focusing on how health reform affects Kansans — examines the changes that will occur in Medicaid under the health reform law.
| Oct. 11, 2011 | Health Reform
This brief — the third in a series about the impact of health reform in Kansas — examines the requirements for a state health insurance exchange and how the exchange will affect Kansans seeking health insurance.
| Sep. 20, 2011 | Health Insurance
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.
| Aug. 03, 2011 | Health Reform
One of the goals of the Affordable Care Act is to help consumers purchase coverage that meets their health care needs. This brief – the second in a series on how health reform will affect Kansans – summarizes what it means for insurance benefits, insurance companies and the cost of coverage.
| Jun. 22, 2011 | Oral Health
A look at community water fluoridation ― the practice of adding fluoride to drinking water ― and its relationship to dental health.
| Jun. 15, 2011 | Medicaid-CHIP
As policymakers consider the future of the Medicaid program, KHI created this fact sheet that summarizes the current program in Kansas.
It provides an accessible overview of Medicaid in Kansas ― how it operates, its costs and the population it serves.
| May. 17, 2011 | Health Reform
Senior Analyst Suzanne Cleveland and Vice President for Public Affairs Jim McLean of the Kansas Health Institute talk about the business of health care with Lena Rodriguez, co-host of KTWU's "I've Got Issues."
| Mar. 30, 2011 | Community Health, Rankings-Indicators
Dr. Gianfranco Pezzino discusses some of the key concepts of the 2011 County Health Rankings report released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
