Health Reform is already helping thousands of Americans obtain health coverage. Here in Kansas, KHCC is working to ensure that the reforms are implemented to best serve Kansas consumers.
Kansas has a shortage of Dentists, and that makes it more difficult for many to get the care they need. This is why KHCC supports the Kansas Dental Project, working to fill the gap in the Kansas dental team.
Proposed reforms will lead to significant changes for Medicaid in Kansas. KHCC is working hard to protect the interests of Kansas healthcare consumers.
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KHCC expresses concern that the Governor’s proposal to remake Medicaid in Kansas doesn’t include sufficient details about how health outcomes will be evaluated and asks whether the administration has an alternative if the KanCare proposal experiences challenges. Read the Associated Press article here. This article ran in numerous newspapers across Kansas and the United States.
Kansans need affordable health insurance coverage and the health insurance exchange can be part of the solution.
KHCC urges committee members to work together on a state-based health insurance marketplace.
KHCC expresses concern that the Governor’s proposal to remake Medicaid in Kansas will be a significant change for Kansas, but that there has thus far been inadequate details about how consumer health outcomes will be evaluated. Read the Kansas Reporter article here.
KHCC expresses cautious optimism for Governor Brownback’s proposal to restructure Medicaid in Kansas. Read the Kaiser Health News article here.
The Institute of Medicine has issued its recommendations regarding what should be covered as part of the essential health benefits included in any insurance plan sold through the new insurance exchanges. In developing its recommendations, the Institute sought to balance affordability and comprehensiveness.
Recently, officials from the Kansas Insurance Department had an opportunity to meet with officials from the federal Health and Human Services Department (HHS) to discuss how a Federal Exchange will look if Kansas fails to set up its own. We sat down with Linda Sheppard, who is in charge of helping the insurance department implement the Affordable Care Act, to find out what they learned.
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