Tag: health insurance
GARDEN CITY, Kansas In 2017, an estimated 38,000 kids in Kansas didnt have health insurance. Thats according to data recently released by the Kansas Health Institute. The highest rates of uninsured kids live in…
Dear Dr. Roach: Is there a way to determine the average cost for certain medical procedures in a specific location? For instance, a colonoscopy? I know some health insurance policies cover it, but when your…
The seventh open enrollment for the Marketplace Health Insurance Exchange opens Friday. Until then, people can windowshop to preview plans and prices for 2020. For 2020, our area will continue to have Blue Cross Blue…
A private insurers 2018 premiums in Kansas ran too high at least compared to the medical bills it had to pay for customers that year. That means thousands of Kansans get money back this…
With concerns about exorbitant increases for health insurance in the rear-view mirror, Iola City Council members agreed to reinstate regularly scheduled pay raises for its employees for the upcoming fiscal year. Council members approved the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has opened a review of options for expanding Medicaid in Kansas with warnings against work requirements and a limited expansion. Kelly gave opening remarks Monday at the…
Its useful to recall that the health-care crisis was big, complex and stubborn even before the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. So the blame games now being played by partisans really dont resonate…
At a time when liberal Democrats running for president are calling for universal health insurance and are often demonized for doing so its surprising how closely Iola city leaders hew to the mark…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas health department says insurance company Aetna is at risk of losing its $1-billion-a-year contract with the states Medicaid program. The Kansas City Star reports the agency gave Aetna 10…
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt and The Kansas Employees Health Care Commission should be commended for their decision last week to reduce contributions from state employees for their insurance coverage or keep them flat. The…
