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Though its Medicaid contract is still at stake, Aetna Better Health is making progress, Kansas lawmakers and state regulators said this week. “There has…
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TOPEKA, Kansas — Dozens of primarily elderly or disabled Kansans lost their Medicaid coverage because of errors made by Aetna. Staff at the state health…
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TOPEKA — Aetna is bringing in new leadership to run its Medicaid operations in Kansas after chronic complaints from hospitals and others put it at risk of…
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TOPEKA ― Aetna remains in hot water with the state of Kansas, which recently threatened to cancel the company’s Medicaid contract.In late July, the Kansas…
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TOPEKA ― State officials have told one of the key players in Kansas’ privatized Medicaid system that it stands in danger of getting fired for not living…
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Laura Robeson quit her job as a fourth-grade teacher to care for her son, who has cerebral palsy and other health problems. But as politicians considered…
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Supporters of expanding Medicaid in Kansas proved Wednesday they’ve got the votes in the Legislature — if they can get a vote.But they lacked enough…
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A coalition of Democrats and moderate Republicans powered past objections from conservative leaders in the Kansas House Wednesday to approve Democratic…
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Segment 1: Kansas governor and lawmakers don't see eye to eye. Political reporters described a hostile environment between Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and the…
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Segment 1: Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is asking for more than 300 new intake workers to address a backlog of applications to the state's Medicaid program.A…
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Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s Medicaid expansion proposal is a retread.It’s virtually the same bill that former Republican Gov. Sam Brownback…
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This time, it was in publicTriveece Penelton has endured any number of racist remarks in her 16 years as a city planner. It was the one delivered in a…