By: Kansas Health Institute | September 15, 2022 The U.S. Census Bureau today released its latest estimates of health insurance coverage in Kansas and across the United States. Amid state and federal policy decisions to promote access to health insurance coverage during the pandemic, the national uninsured rate fell to the lowest level since the […]
More InfoIntroducing our fall 2022 Walk with the Gap Challenge! Costs are rising and Kansans are paying more to take care of themselves and provide for their families. Health care is no exception. It’s time to help Kansans get more for their money when it comes to health care and bringing good-paying jobs to our state. […]
More Info“I had to leave my country where I have lived and worked all my life, where my children were born and raised, so that I could receive medical care for not having health insurance. I am José Luis and I’m originally from Tangancícuaro, Michoacán in Mexico. I have been in the United States for 40 years. […]
More InfoBy: Kathy Lobb | August 26, 2022 Below is an Op-Ed originally published in The Topeka Capital-Journal: As a statewide group of people with disabilities, the Self Advocate Coalition of Kansas would like to set the record straight to dispel the myth that expanding Medicaid would be harmful to us. We know from experience this […]
More Info“We are Saul and Olivia. We’re from San Luis Potosí in Mexico, but Saul has lived in the USA for more than 17 years and Olivia has lived here for over 5 years. We are in the city of Olathe with two grandchildren that we have living with us; one of them has autism.” Olivia: […]
More InfoBy: Roy Williams and Lon Kruger | July 1, 2022 Below is an excerpt from an Op-Ed originally published in The Fayetteville Observer: Hundreds of talented players, thousands of championship games, and countless miles traveled. Collectively, as college basketball coaches we’ve had the privilege to encounter many different people from many different walks of life, […]
More InfoBy: Charles Hammer, Columnist, Kansas City Star | June 15, 2022 Below is an excerpt from this column: They told him the woman had been caught in the act of adultery, demanding under biblical law that she be stoned to death. Quite a political dilemma, since these Pharisees hoped he would breach the law and […]
More Info“My name is Jaime, and I am the father and provider of my home. I have three children and I live with my wife in Kansas City, Kansas. We are a united family and take great care of each other. Family is everything to me; I long to live to see my children grow up […]
More InfoMarlon is from Kansas City, Kansas. Here is his story: “I haven’t had insurance in about 5 years. I used to be a normal, healthy guy. Now I’m almost bedridden. It’s a horrible experience. “I’ve had strokes and my kidneys shut down on me. I go back to the hospital constantly with high blood pressure […]
More InfoBy: Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star | May 6, 2022 After giving birth to her third child, Stephanne Rupnicki spent the next year fighting an infection from breastfeeding. She needed antibiotics but, like 14,000 Kansas women each year, she had gone on Medicaid during her pregnancy but lost coverage eight weeks after giving birth. For […]
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