People with adequate health insurance are less likely to delay or go without needed care and they tend to be healthier than those who don't have coverage or are underinsured. Medical debt incurred by those who aren't well covered is a leading cause of bankruptcy. Approximately 338,000 Kansans lack health insurance. KHI researchers and journalists analyze and report on various coverage issues in an effort to inform policymakers and others working to solve these problems.
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New data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that the percentage of Kansans without health insurance didn’t change significantly in the most recent reporting period. However, the percentage of Kansas children without coverage increased.
0 | Feb. 10, 2010 |
A look at the factors associated with underinsurance and how certain insurance limitations impact Kansans.
0 | Nov. 10, 2009 |
This presentation describes the need for detailed, state-level data about the adequacy of health insurance plans.
0 | Sep. 18, 2009 |
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that the percentage of Kansans without health insurance didn’t change significantly in the most recent reporting period. However, the percentage of Kansas children without coverage increased.
0 | Aug. 31, 2009 |
The goal of this initiative is to help policymakers better understand what it means to be underinsured and to determine the extent to which inadequate coverage is a problem in Kansas.
0 | Apr. 30, 2009 |
This annual publication of the Kansas Health Institute provides a snapshot of the insurance status of Kansans in various categories, including age, gender and work status. It also describes how the insurance status of Kansans is changing over time.
0 | Mar. 11, 2010 |
A bill that sets the stage for requiring state-regulated insurance plans to cover autism was heard Wednesday in the Senate insurance committee.
0 | Mar. 10, 2010 |
“There’s nothing in here that puts a focus on quality of care. It's a sieve,” said Mitzi McFatrich of Kansas Advocates for Better Care.
0 | Mar. 10, 2010 |
Advocates for the disabled stuck 58 crosses in the ground outside the Statehouse in an effort to call attention to the 58 who have died while on the state's waiting list for Medicaid-funded in-home services.
0 | Mar. 10, 2010 |
HB 2593 met opposition from Republicans who said it was a "feel-good" measure that would damage the food and beverage industry with no assurance the money raised would go for the intended purpose. But a Senate version of the bill has been introduced and was referred Wednesday to the Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee.
0 | Mar. 09, 2010 |
House Bill 2673 would use a $1,325-per-year tax on licensed nursing home beds to generate about $30 million which, in turn, would be used to draw down $56 million in additional Medicaid funding.
0 | Mar. 08, 2010 |
Bills designed to increase federal support for home and community based services were dealt a major setback Monday when legislators learned federal officials were unlikely to go along with the plan.
0 | Feb. 01, 2010 |
With police often called upon to deal with the mentally ill, special training is called for to help defuse tense situations before they become violent.
0 | Mar. 09, 2010 |
“My mother had a habit of leaving me – when I was 10 years old -- with my four brothers and sisters while my dad was in rehab for a week or two at a time,” Rachel Perkins, 19, said Monday during testimony before the House Federal and State Affairs Committee.
0 | Mar. 11, 2010 |
Some of the Legislature's strongest supporters of early childhood development programs signed off on sharp cuts in children's programs, re-emphasizing the signal from Senate GOP leaders that tax increases will be necessary.
0 | Mar. 08, 2010 |
The House Judiciary Committee introduced a resolution to amend the state constitution to give the Legislature authority to limit non-economic damages in personal injury cases.
0 | Mar. 10, 2010 |
Advocates for the disabled stuck 58 crosses in the ground outside the Statehouse in an effort to call attention to the 58 who have died while on the state's waiting list for Medicaid-funded in-home services.
1 | Feb. 16, 2010 |
“We’re not reaching the people we need to be reaching with our existing programs,” said Steve Denny, who runs an outreach program for seniors at the Independence-based Four County Mental Health Center.
1 | Feb. 02, 2010 |
Legislators this week are holdings hearings on a proposal that would mean stricter standards for some home day care centers.
1 | Jan. 25, 2010 |
Last year, nine of the state’s 27 community mental health centers spent more money than they took in.
1 | Jan. 11, 2010 |
Gov. Mark Parkinson, a Democrat, unveiled key details of a budget plan that calls for raising the state sales tax one cent and boosting tobacco taxes to forestall deeper cuts to schools and to roll back cuts in Medicaid provider rates. But Republican leaders said it would be a bad idea to raise taxes during a recession.
1 | Dec. 21, 2009 |
Nine states have been awarded almost $73 million in federal bonus payments for enrolling more children in their state-run health insurance programs. But Kansas wasn't among them despite expectations by some.