KHCC is leading efforts to educate consumers, advocates and policymakers about the benefits of the ACA and to ensure consumer-friendly implementation of the law’s provisions in Kansas.
Registered Dental Practitioners are an innovative way to fill the gap in the Kansas dental team, provide high-quality dental care, and increase dental care access in our state.
Proposed changes to Kansas Medicaid could significantly impact how Kansans access services and receive care. KHCC is working hard to protect the interests of Kansas healthcare consumers.
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KanCare Oversight: There is a lot happening on the federal and state levels related to KanCare, the governor’s proposed Medicaid overhaul. Our priority right now, as consumer advocates, is transparency and accountability through legislative oversight. Currently: The legislature is days from adjourning, but has yet to send legislative oversight to the Governor’s desk. We Need Your Help: Please give [...]
KanCare, Governor Brownback’s sweeping Medicaid reform, requires a waiver from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in order to operate as envisioned. The administration submitted a concept paper in January, and followed it with the formal application two weeks ago. CMS has now posted that application online, and a 30 day public comment period has begun. CMS [...]
Mother’s Day is this weekend (if you had forgotten, shame on you! Go buy flowers immediately, we’ll wait). This got us thinking about all the ways in which the Affordable Care Act (ACA) makes life a little better for those special ladies in our lives: our moms. We even have a fact sheet on the Affordable [...]
The National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy seeks to engage organizations, professionals, policymakers, communities, individuals, and families in a linked, multisector effort to improve health literacy.
KHCC’s grassroots plans are in full swing, and we’re so glad you’ve been joining us for calls, meetings and visits with legislators. During the Kansas Legislature’s most recent break from policymaking, KHCC members met with several of their elected officials, including Senator Vicki Schmidt, Representative John Rubin, Representative Lana Gordon and Representative Tom Sloan. In [...]
KHCC Executive Director Anna Lambertson submitted this letter to the Topeka Capital-Journal, calling for the preservation of the Kansas Earned Income Tax Credit.
The U.S. House of Representatives adopted on a 228-191 vote a budget proposal introduced by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. The proposal, touted by its supporters as a deficit-reduction measure, repeals the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and makes drastic cuts to Medicare and Medicaid. Its adoption would essentially end those programs in their [...]
Several state legislators have scheduled coffee chats and town hall meetings near you. These are great opportunities for you to talk with them face-to-face, share your opinions on bills they might be voting on this year, or even just meet them for the first time! Let us know if you end up attending; we’d like [...]