Statement of David Jordan, Executive Director of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, on passage of the GOP tax plan   “This afternoon, the U.S. Congress completed its rush to pass tax legislation. Written in secret without proper scrutiny and with few legislators reading it, the hastily considered bill will result in $1.5 trillion in […]

Dear Senator Moran, Senator Roberts, Representative Estes, Representative Jenkins, Representative Marshall and Representative Yoder: We are writing to urge you to work swiftly to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Without action, CHIP is set to expire on September 30, 2017. Allowing CHIP to expire would put the health coverage of 8.9 million children […]

Statement of David Jordan, Executive Director of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, on the United State Senate’s vote on the motion to proceed to a debate about taking health care away from millions of Americans   “It is disappointing that Senator Moran joined Senator Roberts and voted to open a debate on health care […]

Senate Health Care Repeal Bill Would Cut Federal Funding to Kansas by $917 Million Per Capita Cap Would Devastate State Budget in the Next Decade Topeka, Kansas – A new report from the Alliance for a Healthy Kansans previews the devastating impact awaiting Kansans should the U.S. Senate move forward this week on a vote […]

Statement of David Jordan, Executive Director of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, on Senator Moran’s decision to oppose the Senate Health plan (BCRA): Sen. Jerry Moran deserves credit for taking a courageous stand against politics as usual and rejecting the harmful Better Care Reconciliation Act. His decision is a testament to his commitment to […]

  Statement of David Jordan, Executive Director of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, on the release of the updated Better Care Reconciliation Act in the U.S. Senate: The updated Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), the Senate health plan released today, confirms that the goal of the proposal is to gut Medicaid and devastate the […]

Today, a new report shows that the Senate health care plan, Better Care Reconciliation (BCRA), will harm Kansas’ tribal communities.  More details are below:   Senate Republican Health Bill Would Harm Kansas’ Tribal Communities  [Topkea, KS] – By slashing Medicaid and making marketplace coverage unaffordable, the Senate Republican health bill would have devastating consequences for Kansas […]

What a week. Last week, Kansas was the center of national debate on health care. Senator Moran hosted three town hall events and hundreds of Kansans showed up to let him know that the Senate’s health plan, the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), was bad for Kansas. Thank you for turning out and helping Sen. […]

The Commonwealth Fund has evaluated the impact “Repeal and Replace” will have on each state, and encouraged us to share their Kansas report. Download the report here.