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David Jordan: Kansas needs Medicaid expansion

By David Jordan | Sept. 5, 2020 Kansas, like most other states, is facing a sharp loss of state revenue due to the economic impact of COVID-19. Yet, now more than ever, Kansas can’t afford not to expand Medicaid. Despite facing a budget shortfall, Kansas forfeits $1.8 million in federal funds each day by choosing […]

KanCare Expansion: Why It Matters for Blood Cancer Survivors

By Dana Bacon Though the legislative session doesn’t begin until January, we already know its tone will be set by a central question: “How best to cover more Kansans by expanding access to the KanCare program?” For the blood cancer survivors that the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society seeks to help, and for others facing serious […]

KanCare Expansion: Why It Matters for Kansas Kids

By Heather Braum Kansas Action for Children’s vision is to make Kansas the best state to raise — and be — a child, and our organization shapes health, education, and economic policies that improve the lives of Kansas children and families. We support expanding KanCare coverage because it will improve the health and well-being of […]

Kansas Reflector: Why Kansas conservatives should embrace Medicaid expansion

By Greg Graves | Aug. 24, 2020 Today, more than 200,000 Missourians who previously did not have health insurance will soon be able to access it, through Missouri voters’ decision on Aug. 4 to expand Medicaid. Imagine waking up for the first time in a long time knowing you didn’t have to choose between your […]

KanCare Expansion: Why It Matters to Voters

By Danny Novo Imagine if Medicaid expansion had become law in Kansas the first time it passed. In 2014, fearful for his chances of re-election, Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill that prevented any future governor from expanding Medicaid without the Legislature’s approval. Despite that, in 2017, both chambers of the Kansas Legislature voted to […]

KanCare Expansion: Why It Matters for Our Health Care System

By Tom Bell The facts supporting Medicaid expansion in Kansas have been made over and over again. Medicaid expansion improves the health of Kansans, it protects our local communities and hospitals, and it creates jobs and stimulates the economy. While the substantive arguments in favor of expansion are not the focus here, they are nonetheless […]

Let’s make sure our voices are heard on the issues we care about

By Spencer Culver | Aug. 14, 2020 Why do we vote? For me, voting represents an opportunity to influence the community in which I live. Put another way—a vote is an affirmation of a citizen’s aspirations for themselves and folks who live near them, regardless of party. It’s also a chance to say “I’d like […]

Topeka Capital Journal: We Must Fight for Medicaid Expansion

By the Editorial Advisory Board | Aug. 11, 2020 Voters in Missouri have decided to expand their Medicaid program. That makes our neighbor to the east the 38th state to offer coverage to a wider swath of low-income people, following on the heels of Oklahoma. Kansas must follow suit. Roughly 150,000 of our fellow residents […]