Improving Access to Affordable, Quality Health Coverage

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.

Improving Access to Dental Care

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.

Sustaining and Strengthening Medicaid

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.

Latest News

Mailing for Medicaid Generates Letters to Editor

Through April, we have been hosting “Mailing for Medicaid” events, in which community members have written letters to their elected officials in support of expanding access to Medicaid.  Some of the participants have also sent letters to the editor of their local newspaper.  So far, these are the letters that have run in Kansas newspapers [...]

Mailing for Medicaid Event in Emporia

Emporia radio station KVOE sent a reporter to cover the Mailing for Medicaid event at the Emporia Public Library on May 3.  The event, attended by local residents who support expanding access to Medicaid, was hosted by KHCC to provide area activists with an opportunity to send letters to their legislators, the governor and the [...]

Door Still Open on Medicaid Expansion

Though Kansas lawmakers have still not made a decision on expanded access to Medicaid, the door is still open. Advocates are still working hard to make sure the governor and legislators have all the information they need to make the right decision.  That was the message KHCC Executive Director Anna Lambertson gave to the Kansas [...]

CMS Released the Health Insurance Marketplace Navigator Grant RFP

With the ACA’s health insurance marketplaces coming online in October, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is preparing to award grants to organizations that will help consumers access them.  The Kansas Health Institute wrote about the release of the request for proposals in this article.

Governor Brownback Waiting to Hear From Legislators After Recess

Governor Brownback again asserted that expanding access to Medicaid services will have to be addressed by the state legislature.  He told the Kansas Health Institute news service that he is waiting to hear from legislators after they have returned from the April recess. KHCC executive director Anna Lambertson was quoted in the same article, pointing [...]

KS Lawmakers Mulling Medicaid Expansion

After the Kansas Medicaid Access Coalition delivered petitions to the governor’s office in support of expanding access to Medicaid, KPR did a story about what expansion would mean in Kansas.  The story focuses on Mari White, who spoke at the Statehouse rally that accompanied the petition delivery.  The story includes audio of KHCC’s Joshua Dieker [...]

ACA Tax Subsidies to help 255,000 Kansans Afford Health Coverage

The Kansas Health Institute news service reports that tax subsidies to help people pay for health insurance will help about 255,000 Kansans starting in 2014.  In the same story, KHCC executive director Anna Lambertson indicates that it is still unclear what education and outreach will be done to ensure people are aware of the available [...]

Tax Preparers Educating Clients About ACA

KHI wrote a story about H&R Block taking time to inform their clients about the tax implications of the Affordable Care Act.  KHCC’s Anna Lambertson remarked that educating people about the coming changes under the ACA will require everybody getting involved, and praised H&R Block for their efforts.  You can read the full story here.