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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...
20 mar 2024 · TOPEKA— Today, Governor Laura Kelly’s bipartisan Medicaid expansion proposal, the Cutting Healthcare Costs for All Kansans Act, was heard in the Kansas Legislature. This is the first time in four years that the legislature has allowed public debate on Medicaid expansion.
12 gru 2023 · About 500,000 children, pregnant women, seniors and people with disabilities in Kansas are enrolled in Medicaid. But 225,000 Kansans between the ages of 19 and 65 have no health insurance, according to a Kansas Health Institute report, and 75.5% of them are working.
6 kwi 2023 · Thousands of Kansans are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage as the state begins reviewing who still qualifies after a three-year pause. Experts and health care advocates advise people on how...
15 lip 2021 · Under traditional Medicaid, young adults would have to either be pregnant or caretakers to qualify, and caretakers had to earn less than $400 a month. Now, workers in single households can earn...
23 gru 2022 · In Kansas, Medicaid is administered through KanCare and limited to low-income adults who are seniors, are disabled or have children. Childless adults without disabilities who are under the age of 65 are not eligible for KanCare benefits.
