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Kansas stories: Julie Jenesta

Julie Jenesta is a social worker at the Salvation Army. She spends her time working with low-income families in northeast Kansas. Many of Julie's clients are single parents who are struggling to take care of themselves, especially when it comes to their health.

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Kansas stories: Dr. David Mouillé

Dr. David Mouillé is a retired forensic psychologist from Bonner Springs. He’s spent his career working within the Kansas criminal justice system and helping patients who have behavioral health needs. “In its current form, Medicaid does not adequately address the problems of needy Kansans and does not protect healthy Kansans,” he recently wrote in a letter to the Kansas Legislature.

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Kansas stories: Tammy

Tammy is a grandmother who recently moved from Kansas City, Missouri, to Shawnee Mission, Kansas. While living in Missouri she qualified for Medicaid; Missouri expanded their Medicaid program in 2021. When she moved to Kansas, she lost access to affordable health insurance since Kansas has not expanded its Medicaid program.

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GOP leaders ‘demonize the poor’ in Medicaid expansion debate while working Kansans struggle

Sherman Smith | Kansas Reflector December 11, 2023 TOPEKA — Marcillene Dover’s diagnosis of a chronic illness propelled her into advocacy for Medicaid expansion — and made her a target for a top GOP lawmaker. Dover was an uninsured Wichita State University student in 2014 when she learned she suffers from multiple sclerosis, a disease […]

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Kansas Reflector: GOP Leaders ‘demonize the poor’ in medicaid expansion debate while working kansans struggle

Sherman Smith | Kansas Reflector December 11, 2023 TOPEKA — Marcillene Dover’s diagnosis of a chronic illness propelled her into advocacy for Medicaid expansion — and made her a target for a top GOP lawmaker. Dover was an uninsured Wichita State University student in 2014 when she learned she suffers from multiple sclerosis, a disease […]

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Kansas stories: Tayla

Tayla is from Lindsborg, Kansas. She is a mom and she currently recently started working for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Kansas. She's excited about her work and sees longevity in her career. Tayla has experienced mental health issues for most of her life. She has Bipolar I and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

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Kansas stories: Crystal

October 2023 Crystal is from Riley county. She is a mom of two and a social work student. Today Crystal works part-time at a shelter, but in 2016 she became very sick and had to stop working. For a period of time, Crystal was uninsured. She didn’t get any care while she was without insurance, […]

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red tape and income limits have booted 82,000 kansans off medicaid since may. how can they get back on?

sawyer belair | kansas city beacon October 24, 2023 Robyn Adams struggled to support her husband and teenage daughter on $16,000 a year during the pandemic. Then the pandemic ended and her family lost its Medicaid coverage. “We went into panic,” she said. The family relied on a temporary expansion of coverage authorized by the […]

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