Duane Goossen, M.P.A.

Vice President for Fiscal and Health Policy

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Duane Goossen, M.P.A., Vice President for Fiscal and Health Policy, oversees KHI’s research and analysis of state fiscal policy, health reform, and other health policy issues. Goossen is a former member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1983-1997), and served as state budget director for 12 years in the administrations of three governors — Republican Bill Graves and Democrats Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkinson. He was appointed by Sebelius in 2004 to concurrently serve as Secretary of the Kansas Department of Administration, the agency that manages state facilities, accounting, information services and employee programs, and during that time chaired the Kansas Health Care Commission. In 2009, Goossen received the National Association of State Budget Directors’ Gloria Timmer Award for career achievements in a state budget office. Goossen holds a master’s degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

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Testimony - Kansas Indoor Clean Air Act

In testimony to the House Federal and State Affairs Committee, KHI discusses tax data and alcoholic beverage license data to help assess the impact of the Kansas Indoor Clean Air Act.

Kansas Budget Basics

The budget is divided into the State General Fund and All Other Funds. The State General Fund portion for FY 2012 totals $6.1 billion. This is the portion of the budget lawmakers have the most discretion over. The majority of State General Fund receipts come from individual income tax collections and from sales tax collections. Most State General Fund expenditures go to education and human services.

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Testimony - State and Federal Budget Issues

In testimony to the Senate Ways and Means Committee, KHI discusses state and federal budget issues.

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Health Reform Brief 4: Affordable Care Act's Expansion of Medicaid Expected to Boost Kansas Enrollment

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.

KHI's Goossen talks to Topeka news station about state budget

Before joining KHI, Goossen served as state budget director for 12 years in the administrations of three governors.

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