Medicaid

An estimated 200,000 people could receive coverage if the program was expanded.

A stay in the hospital for severe COVID-19 could easily saddle someone with tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills.

The legislative session in Kansas is just getting underway, but lawmakers are already at odds on the hot-button issues of abortion and Medicaid expansion.…

A new audit found problems with how Missouri’s Medicaid system determined whether a participant in the health care program is still eligible. Federal...

Coronavirus concerns have made gathering signatures for ballot items basically impossible, especially with state and local governments placing...

Kansas lawmakers are making contingency plans in case the spread of the coronavirus forces an early end to the 2020 legislative session. A shortened…

TOPEKA, Kansas — A pressure campaign led by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly aims to force Republican Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle to drop her blockade…

TOPEKA, Kansas — Kansas lawmakers passed an important milestone this week: the midpoint deadline called “turnaround.”In simple terms, it means most bills…

TOPEKA, Kansas — Republican legislative leaders blocking a push to give Medicaid coverage to about 130,000 more Kansans say they fear the expansion’s…

Some Missouri House Democrats are calling on the governor to stop the removal of people from Medicaid rolls until the state can get a better handle on...

TOPEKA, Kansas — The Kansas legislative session began with what seemed like a done deal for expanding Medicaid. Gov. Laura Kelly and a top Republican…

Kansas City’s business leaders have officially come out in favor of expanding Medicaid in Missouri. In a move that could put more political and financial…