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 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

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 […]

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 […]