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April 25, 2022 | POLICY & RESEARCH

New Federal Incentive Lowers the Estimated Cost of Medicaid Expansion (April 2022)

Approximately 148,000 Kansans, including 109,000 adults and 39,000 children, are estimated to newly enroll in KanCare if Medicaid were to be expanded in January 2023. Expansion would offer a coverage option to nearly 88,000 adults who currently fall in the “Medicaid coverage gap,” and a new federal incentive has changed the financial equation for states that have not yet expanded Medicaid. This issue brief provides an updated estimate of the impact that expanding Medicaid coverage would have on KanCare enrollment and expenditures.

February 11, 2021 | POLICY & RESEARCH

Medicaid Expansion Bill Tracker (February 2021)

On February 1, Governor Laura Kelly announced a new proposal to expand eligibility for Medicaid in Kansas as allowed under the Affordable Care Act. The proposal builds on previous legislation to expand the program but creates a new funding mechanism for the state share of expansion: revenues from the legalization of medical marijuana. This new table summarizes the main policy elements of previously proposed legislation to expand Medicaid in Kansas, and how those provisions relate to the new proposal announced by the Governor.

February 10, 2021 | POLICY & RESEARCH

Medicaid Expansion Estimates and the Effects of COVID-19 (February 2021)

With the passage of ballot initiatives in 2020, Missouri and Oklahoma joined Nebraska and Colorado to completely surround Kansas with states that have already expanded or will soon expand Medicaid coverage to low-income adults under the terms of the Affordable Care Act. That changing landscape, combined with a new federal administration and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, is likely to influence debate over Medicaid expansion in Kansas in 2021. This issue brief updates previous Kansas Health Institute estimates of the impact a potential expansion of Medicaid would have on KanCare enrollment and costs.

February 28, 2020 | POLICY & RESEARCH

Insurance Coverage in the Medicaid Expansion Target Population (February 2020)

According to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, more than a quarter (28.1 percent) of the Medicaid expansion target population is uninsured. Where do the rest obtain insurance? Which counties have the highest uninsured rate and number of Kansas adults potentially eligible for Medicaid, if expanded? How did these low-income adults fare in your county? Find the answers to these and other questions in our latest fact sheet, Insurance Coverage in the Medicaid Expansion Target Population.

February 14, 2020 | POLICY & RESEARCH

A Kansas Twist: How Does the Healthy Adult Opportunity Relate to Medicaid Expansion? (February 2020)

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a 56-page set of guidelines on January 30, 2020. Dubbed the Healthy Adult Opportunity (HAO), the optional demonstration model would allow states to modify the usual rules of the joint federal-state program in exchange for cost controls in the form of block grants — called aggregate caps — or per-capita caps, which would limit how much the federal government would pay.

January 28, 2020 | POLICY & RESEARCH

Medicaid Expansion in Kansas: Estimated Enrollment and Costs (January 2020)

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.

June 25, 2019 | POLICY & RESEARCH

What Kansas Can Learn from Medicaid Expansion in Other States (June 2019)

Almost nine years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 36 states and the District of Columbia have expanded their Medicaid programs. Fourteen states, including Kansas, have not. This issue brief examines different state approaches to expansion, as well as enrollment and cost trends and the effects of expansion on health outcomes and state economies.

March 22, 2019 | POLICY & RESEARCH

KHI Event – Medicaid Expansion: What Kansas Can Learn From Other States (March 2019)

While Kansas lawmakers are debating whether to expand Medicaid as authorized by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), approximately 100 individuals participated in a symposium about the topic on March 22, 2019, at the Kansas Health Institute (KHI).

March 05, 2019 | POLICY & RESEARCH

Medicaid Expansion in Kansas: Updated Estimates of Enrollment and Costs (March 2019)

With Kansas lawmakers debating Medicaid expansion, this issue brief provides the latest estimates of projected enrollment and net cost.

April 25, 2018 | POLICY & RESEARCH

Fact Sheet: How KHI's Kansas Medicaid Expansion Estimate Stacks Up to Experience in Other States

This Fact Sheet looks at KHI’s March 2018 estimates of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment if Kansas were to expand KanCare. It finds that KHI’s projection falls in the range of experience of states that have expanded Medicaid.

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New Federal Incentive Lowers the Estimated Cost of Medicaid Expansion (April 2022)

Medicaid Expansion Bill Tracker (February 2021)

Medicaid Expansion Estimates and the Effects of COVID-19 (February 2021)

Insurance Coverage in the Medicaid Expansion Target Population (February 2020)

A Kansas Twist: How Does the Healthy Adult Opportunity Relate to Medicaid Expansion? (February 2020)

Medicaid Expansion in Kansas: Estimated Enrollment and Costs (January 2020)

What Kansas Can Learn from Medicaid Expansion in Other States (June 2019)

KHI Event – Medicaid Expansion: What Kansas Can Learn From Other States (March 2019)

Medicaid Expansion in Kansas: Updated Estimates of Enrollment and Costs (March 2019)

Fact Sheet: How KHI's Kansas Medicaid Expansion Estimate Stacks Up to Experience in Other States

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