Call Senators Who Support Expansion

In 2017, 25 Kansas State Senators voted YES to insuring thousands of hardworking Kansans, bringing millions of dollars into our economy and giving our hospitals a better chance to keep serving their communities. They voted YES to KanCare expansion. Many of those lawmakers are still serving in the Legislature and still support expansion. We need […]

Thank your House member

We’re one step closer to KanCare expansion. The progress we’ve made is exciting. Thanks to years of work by advocates across the state, 69 House members voted in favor of expansion. If you see your representative on this list, be sure to thank them: John Alcala, Mike Amyx, Dave Baker, Barbara Ballard, David Benson, Elizabeth […]

Kansas lawmakers take big step toward expanding Medicaid

Kansas lawmakers took a major step Wednesday toward expanding Medicaid, a change that could extend health coverage to 150,000 Kansans but potentially cost $47 million a year. Lawmakers, ignoring Republican objections, forced the House to debate Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s Medicaid plan and advanced it on a 70-54 vote. Read more

Letter to Editor: KanCare Expansion

By Dr. Jeremy Presley | March 20, 2019 I am a family physician in Dodge City. I am also the President of the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians. In family medicine, we strive to achieve the triple aim: better care for patients, improved outcomes, and lower costs. In my practice, I see patients every day […]

Hutchinson News: Disability community supports expanding KanCare

By Chris Owens | March 14, 2019 For several years, health advocates, business leaders, and others – including thousands of Kansans – have worked to expand KanCare, the Kansas Medicaid program. KanCare expansion would provide affordable health insurance coverage to 150,000 Kansans who are caught in a cruel coverage gap – they earn too much […]

Oswego Community Hospital announces closure, citing failure to expand Medicaid

One of three hospitals in Kansas owned by EmpowerHMS announced Thursday it has closed its doors immediately, saying revenue hasn’t been enough to cover payroll. The board of directors of Oswego Community Hospital, located in Oswego in the far southeast corner of the state, announced the decision in an emailed statement. Included in the hospital’s closure, according […]

WIBW-13: WATCH: Cancer survivors, family members encourage lawmakers to expand KanCare

Dozens of cancer survivors, caregivers and their families from across the state gathered in Topeka Tuesday to encourage expanding Medicaid. They took part in the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s Annual Day at the Capitol. The group met up at the Historic Topeka Fire Station on Southwest Van Buren then headed to the Statehouse […]

Topeka Capital Journal: Cancer survivors support raising tobacco use age limit to 21, expanding access to Kansas Medicaid

By Tim Carpenter | February 5, 2019 Stephanie Barr spoke from the heart about health reform Tuesday as a cancer survivor who was around cigarette smoke in her youth. Barr was 30 years old and without insurance when her breast cancer was diagnosed, but she qualified for care under a provision of Medicaid applicable to women […]