Multiple proposals to expand Medicaid for low-income Kansas adults age 19-64 have emerged for consideration in the 2020 legislative session. How could selected components in some proposals, such as premiums or alternate income limits, affect enrollment and costs? This issue brief delves into the details and updates previous Kansas Health Institute estimates of the effect of expansion on KanCare.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released final summary enrollment data on March 25, 2019, for the sixth open enrollment period of the federally facilitated health insurance marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Kansas Health Institute has prepared statewide maps showing marketplace enrollment.
Read MoreWith Kansas lawmakers debating Medicaid expansion, this issue brief provides the latest estimates of projected enrollment and net cost.
Read MoreIn 2017, there were 243,305 Kansans who were uninsured, including 40,815 children age 0-18. In the Kansas Health Institute (KHI) Annual Insurance Update 2019, a comprehensive review of health insurance coverage in the state is presented using the most recent data available.
Read MoreThe sixth annual open enrollment period (OEP) for Kansans seeking coverage through the health insurance marketplace began on November 1 and ended December 15, 2018. This issue brief looks back at the results of the first five OEPs in Kansas for plan years 2014 through 2018, and also reports the plans and premiums available to Kansans for 2019.
Read MoreIn 2017, there were 243,305 uninsured Kansans. Of them, 74,098 would have been newly eligible for Medicaid coverage if the state had expanded its program. This is just some of the information shown in KHI's latest infographic, Health Insurance in Kansas 2017.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released final summary enrollment data on April 3, 2018, for the fourth open enrollment period of the federally facilitated health insurance marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Kansas Health Institute has prepared statewide maps showing marketplace enrollment.
Read MoreThis issue brief updates KHI estimates of new KanCare enrollment if Medicaid were expanded. it also provides a profile of how work requirements might apply to the potential expansion population.
Read MoreThe Kansas Health Institute (KHI) has released its Annual Insurance Update, which this year describes insurance coverage in the state during 2016.
Read MoreClaims for high-cost individuals have resulted in increasing premiums for all consumers purchasing individual coverage on the health insurance marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This issue brief describes the potential costs and benefits of high-risk pools and reinsurance programs and how they may impact a state’s individual health insurance market.
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