Tag: Medicaid
Rep. Kent Thompson said he expects Medicaid to be expanded in Kansas come 2019. If so, much-needed funds would come our way to help our poor and elderly pay for health-related services. How much, is…
WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court on Monday avoided a high-profile case by rejecting appeals from Kansas and Louisiana in their effort to strip Medicaid money from Planned Parenthood, over the dissenting votes of three…
BOISE, Idaho Standing outside the gun shop she co-owns, next to her SUV sporting “NRA” on the license plate, Christy Perry pledges full support for President Donald Trump. “He’s doing a good job,” said Perry,…
If economic development is seen as the cure-all for Kansas, then the expansion of Medicaid would be the ticket. If we feel weve lost our way in terms of moral compassion, then Medicaid expansion would…
On Tuesday, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., blamed Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid for the countrys $1 trillion deficit. In President Trumps first full fiscal year in office, the U.S. budget deficit has ballooned by $779…
The imminent closing of Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott brings a sobering reminder of the challenges facing hospitals in southeast Kansas. ?It?s scary. It?s really heartbreaking for their employees and their community,? Patti Boyd, Allen…
FORT SCOTT A tradition of health care is coming to an end in Fort Scott. Mercy Hospital announced Monday it is closing, effective the end of the year. The hospital has served Fort Scott…
You know youre in trouble if your boss questions your very existence. So when Jon Hamdorf, director of Medicaid for Kansas, says he struggles with the concept of whether health care is a right or…
Put this one under the category of nothing makes sense in the world any more. The state of Kansas is looking to extend a contract with a Medicaid application processing company that by most accounts…
