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KHCC says that allowing consumers to receive cost estimates for health care provides an important tool in planning for health care expenses and prioritizing necessary care – March 9, 2010.
KHCC believes that an increase in the state tobacco tax is a preventive measure that will deter some Kansans from beginning a habit that disproportionately impacts the poor.
KHCC urges opposition to Sub for SB 374 because it goes too far. Sub for SB 374 protects health care providers that intentionally hurt patients by keeping evidence of what the provider said or did from being shown to a jury.
KHCC says that medical debt should be treated differently than other kinds of debt.
KHCC testifies that SB 525 will bring pricing parity for Kansans who need it the most.
KHCC Executive Director says HB 2642 would turn the clock back on the great strides that our local communities have made in facing and solving the issue of secondhand smoke exposure.
KHCC opposes SB 167 because raising the automatic hospital lien would create a perfect storm, placing consumers in even greater risk for incurring medical debt.