Allen County commissioners made a slight change to the county’s health insurance coverage to offset the impact of a rate increase. Insurance representatives, Stephen Euston and Joe Holdenried with Bukaty Companies of Leawood, met with…

Allen County will need to budget somewhere between 12-15% more for its health insurance costs in the coming year. Commissioners met with their insurance representative, Stephen Euston with Bukaty Companies of Leawood, on Tuesday morning…

Susan Booth admits her sales pitch to son Logan could have used some polish. “I said, ‘I’ll pay you half of what you’re making now, with no company truck, if you’ll come work with me,’”…

A recent change  in health care laws will keep Rhonda Culp and Greta Ingle busier than ever for the next 10 weeks. Culp and Ingle are certified health care Navigators tasked with helping clients re-enroll…

Nationally, more and more Americans have been enrolled in health insurance since the Affordable Care Act was implemented. But no longer in Kansas, which now has a higher uninsurance rate than the national average rate…

Allen County is on track for significantly lower health care costs this year, thanks to recent programs to encourage wellness and allow employees to take a more active role in managing their prescriptions.  Commissioners heard…

It’s called “The Great Unwinding.” That’s what the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have termed  a massive reversal of emergency health coverage incentives put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that many…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed legislation Monday extending the duration of short-term health plans that don’t guarantee consumers coverage for pre-existing conditions and don’t comply with standards of the federal Affordable Care Act. The…

Low-income families can now apply for health insurance at any time of the year through the federal Marketplace. A change in the Affordable Care Act offers special enrollment for those households that fall below 150%…

After taking a week to consider whether to give county employees a 4% or 5% raise this year, Commissioner David Lee ended up proposing something different: 6%. His fellow commissioners quickly agreed.  Commissioners last week…