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12 gru 2023 · TOPEKA — Financial weaknesses at four of every five rural Kansas hospitals provide leverage to Medicaid expansion advocates who are eager for the infusion of $680 million annually in new government investment into the state’s health care system.
29 gru 2022 · What would Medicaid expansion cost Kansas taxpayers? If Medicaid expansion ever passes in Kansas, the federal government would pay for 90% of the costs, with Kansas on the hook for the...
9 sty 2024 · TOPEKA, Kansas — With the Kansas legislative session underway, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is again calling for lawmakers to expand Medicaid to provide health care to about 150,000 low-income...
19 kwi 2023 · Enrollment cuts will begin in May in Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming. All other states will start...
11 gru 2023 · The state-run version of Medicaid, called KanCare, is available to children, their parents, pregnant women, seniors and people with disabilities. Only those who earn less than 38% of the federal poverty level are eligible. For a family of four, the annual income limit is $11,400.
In state fiscal year (FY) 2021, Medicaid and CHIP covered an average of 461,090 people in Kansas per month at a cost of $4.4 billion for the year, as shown in Figure 1. Expenditures for Medicaid and CHIP have increased steadily since 2008. While average monthly enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP.
14 lut 2022 · State Medicaid agencies for months have been preparing for the end of a federal mandate that anyone enrolled in Medicaid cannot lose coverage during the pandemic.
