Statement from the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas on Medicaid expansion amendment vote

Statement from April Holman, executive director of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, on the Medicaid expansion amendment debated today in the Kansas House: “The dialogue on Medicaid expansion during the House budget debate this afternoon highlighted the great need for expansion and the benefits it would bring to the physical and financial health of […]

It’s Far Past Time: New Medicaid Federal Funding Renews Urgency in Non-Expansion States

By Meghan Farrell | March 26, 2021 This week, in a historic vote, the Wyoming House of Representatives voted to pass Medicaid expansion for the first time in a decade-long fight. Policymakers in Alabama are having serious conversations about what an Alabama-specific expansion plan will look like. Local news outlets are publishing editorials in Kansas […]

Washington Post: In the coronavirus relief package, a prescription to expand Medicaid

By Amy Goldstein | March 15, 2021 Kelly Percival had insurance through her customer service job with a Tampa roofing company when, early last year, she severely fractured her right ankle. After two metal plates and 16 screws to realign her ankle bones and two months off her feet, she called her boss last March […]

KSN: Kansas continues to holdout on expanding Medicaid, advocates urge it could help save rural healthcare

By Kaisha Batman | March 5, 2021 SUBLETTE, Kan. – Should Medicaid expand in Kansas to provide health insurance for more lower income Kansans? It’s been debated for years in Topeka, but never passed. On Wednesday, there was an effort to put it into a bill on the Senate floor, but that did not go […]