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Healthcare and Community Members Urge U.S. Senators to Protect the Health of Kansas Families

Recently, healthcare organizations and community members signed a letter urging Senators Roberts and Moran to protect health care in Kansas and reject the AHCA. Read their letter below: The Honorable Pat Roberts United States Senate 109 Hart Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Jerry Moran United States Senate 521 Dirksen Senate Office Building […]

Bi-Partisan Coalition of Legislators Urge U.S. Senators Moran and Roberts to Protect Health Care

Recently, a bi-partisan group of legislators signed a letter urging Senators Roberts and Moran to protect health care in Kansas and reject the AHCA. Read their letter below: The Honorable Pat Roberts United States Senate 109 Hart Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Jerry Moran United States Senate 521 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, […]

Alliance for a Healthy Kansas Statement on US House’s Passage of AHCA

Statement of David Jordan, Executive Director of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, on the U.S. House of Representatives vote to replace the Affordable Care Act with the American Health Care Act The U.S. House, with the support of all four representatives from Kansas, voted today to raise health care costs on older Kansans and […]

Here’s How Kansas Legislators Voted

While the veto override fell short, our efforts to expand KanCare will not stop. It’s thanks to you and our legislative supporters that we’ve moved so far forward. This is a complete list of the votes from the effort to expand KanCare on HB2044. Use this tool to look up your legislator and see how they voted […]

Alliance for a Healthy Kansas Statement on House’s Failure to Override Governor’s Veto of Medicaid Expansion

Statement of David Jordan, Executive Director of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, on the failed attempt of the House of Representatives to override the Governor’s veto of Medicaid expansion: “It is disappointing that the Kansas House failed to override the veto because a small group of representatives chose to side with the Governor instead […]

Statement on Veto of KanCare Expansion Legislation

David Jordan, Executive Director of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, issued the following statement in response to Governor Brownback’s veto of House Bill 2044, the Bridge to a Healthy Kansas. “Governor Brownback vetoed legislation this morning to expand KanCare. With this veto, the Governor chose to deny health coverage and care to more than […]

Key Lawmakers for a Veto Override

Governor Brownback vetoed legislation to expand KanCare. The Governor’s decision means more than 150,000 Kansans will continue to go without health coverage and care unless the Legislature can override the veto. Please call the list of lawmakers below and urge them to expand KanCare. Here is a brief script you can use for your calls: […]

Statement on Senate Passage of KanCare Expansion

Statement of David Jordan, Executive Director of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, on Senate Passage of KanCare Expansion: “Today, a bi-partisan majority of the Kansas state Senate voted 25-13 to expand KanCare, the state’s Medicaid program. By voting to expand KanCare, policymakers voted to bring back $1.9 million a day from Washington to create jobs, […]