By Sarah Kliff | June 21, 2021 Medicaid enrollment rose sharply during the pandemic, with nearly 10 million Americans joining the public health program for the poor, a government report released Monday showed. Eighty million people were covered under Medicaid, a record. It reflected an increase of nearly 14 percent over the 12-month period ending […]

By Andrew Bahl | June 22, 2021 A bill introduced in Congress last week to let cities and counties opt in to expand Medicaid is gaining attention from advocates in Kansas, who have long pushed for increase eligibility in the program statewide, a plan which has been thwarted by legislative Republicans. But others caution the […]

By Rebekah Chung | June 17, 2021 TOPEKA (KSNT) — The Supreme Court dismissed challenges to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from GOP-led states, in a ruling on Thursday. The governor applauded the Supreme Court’s decision with the following statement. “Today’s Supreme Court decision is a victory for more than one million Kansans with a […]

Statement by April Holman, executive director of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, on today’s ruling by the Supreme Court to dismiss the challenge to the Affordable Care Act: Today’s ruling to reaffirm the ACA by dismissing the latest legal challenge is a huge victory for all Kansans. The ACA has been a lifeline for […]

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By the Associated Press | June 4, 2021 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State officials say more than 51,700 Oklahomans have qualified for Medicaid this week under an expansion of the program approved by voters. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority reported Friday that 51,708 Oklahomans have qualified for benefits, including about 30,000 from urban areas and […]