health care

A coalition of Republican attorneys general, including both Kansas and Missouri, sued to suspend a new federal rule allowing immigrants protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to access health care through the Affordable Care Act.

While thousands of patients cross the border with medical cards in hand, countless more are buying recreational cannabis without a prescription. That’s unlikely to change as some Kansas lawmakers signal resistance to medical legalization in 2025.

About 100,000 immigrants living in the Kansas City region are naturalized residents and each one requires a medical examination before getting citizenship. However, affordable options for the examination are few.

Dr. Betsy Wickstrom, a high-risk OB-GYN in Kansas City, is a Republican and a Christian but supported last month's abortion-rights amendment. She's concerned about what the future may hold with Missouri lawmakers threatening to overturn some of its protections.

A Kansas doctor wants to make everyday health care more affordable through a model called direct primary care, where patients pay a monthly fee for services instead of using insurance. Plus: The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has a new leader this school year.

A Wichita family physician is trying to make primary care more affordable and accessible through a subscription-based model called direct primary care.

A Missouri judge will rule this year on a controversial 2023 law that limits gender-affirming care. We’ll hear why more about why families sued over the restrictions, and why the state is defending it.

Pharmacy closures nationwide are leaving some communities at risk, including in the Kansas City area. Experts say pharmacy benefit managers are what's driving drugstores out of business.

Missouri saw a 14% increase in the number of reported abortions among its residents last year compared to 2020, according to a new report, fueled largely by the increase in telehealth-assisted abortions from providers in states where the procedure is protected.

Physicians knocked on doors around the state to get out the vote for Amendment 3, which would reverse Missouri's abortion ban. They say the restrictions compromises their jobs and endangers women.

Twenty states — including Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska — have joined a lawsuit suing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services over a federal requirement increasing minimum staffing levels for nursing homes.

Planned Parenthood leaders say that neither the Missouri legislature's efforts to cut Planned Parenthood off from Medicaid funding, nor next month’s vote on an abortion-rights amendment, were factors in the consolidation.