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. 15, 2010 |
State employees will likely pay more for their health insurance in 2011, but not as much as previously expected.
0 | Mar. 15, 2010 |
There are enough votes to pass a $300 million to $400 million tax increase, the governor told KHI News Service. Still uncertain, he said, is the specific mix of taxes legislators will settle on.
0 | Mar. 12, 2010 |
The association that represents community programs for the developmentally disabled filed a mandamus action Friday with the Kansas Supreme Court asking for an immediate rollback of Medicaid and other budget cuts.
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. 15, 2010 |
After weeks of talking about weak revenues and budget cuts, the Legislature this week takes up various tax proposals ranging from elimination of sales tax exemptions to a new tax on soda pop.
0 | Mar. 16, 2010 |
The Senate Commerce Committee is expected to discuss trading one tax break for another in an effort to expand a job-creation program at little or no additional cost to the treasury.
0 | Mar. 15, 2010 |
The chairman of the Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee on Monday proposed a four-fold plan for raising more than $340 million for the state treasury.
0 | Mar. 15, 2010 |
There are enough votes to pass a $300 million to $400 million tax increase, the governor told KHI News Service. Still uncertain, he said, is the specific mix of taxes legislators will settle on.
0 | Mar. 16, 2010 |
To accommodate $800,000 in salary cuts, the agency would have to lay off 45 of its 190 Medicaid workers.
1 | Mar. 02, 2010 |
Medical providers and others are anxiously waiting to see what the Kansas Supreme Court will do about the state's $250,000 cap on awards for pain and suffering in medical malpractice cases.
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.
