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Dave Martin - Opinion Editorial 500 - Expanding KanCare is the Right Thing to Do for Rural Hospitals.pdf
Opinion Editorial by Dave Martin, City Manager for Fort Scott, Kansas. Part of a series highlighting the value of hospitals to communities across Kansas and underscoring today’s challenges and how expanding KanCare would benefit both the hospital and the community.
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Mercy Hospital Fort Scott Faces More Hard Decisions.pdf
Part of a series highlighting the value of hospitals to communities across Kansas and underscoring today’s challenges and how expanding KanCare would benefit both the hospital and the community.
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Terry Deschaine - Opinion Editorial 500 - KanCare Expansion Would Bring Cash to Rural Hospitals.pdf
Part of a series highlighting the value of hospitals to communities across Kansas and underscoring today’s challenges and how expanding KanCare would benefit both the hospital and the community.
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Sumner Regional Continues to Face Cash Flow Problems.pdf
Part of a series highlighting the value of hospitals to communities across Kansas and underscoring today’s challenges and how expanding KanCare would benefit both the hospital and the community.
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New Report Reinforces the Need for a Kansas Plan.pdf
The report released today by the Kansas Grantmakers in Health is another important development that reinforces the need for our state to develop a Kansas plan for expanding KanCare. The evidence continues to mount that the citizens of our state favor the development of a Kansas plan and this report suggests numerous ways to do just that.
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A Rural Physician's Perspective on Mediciad Expansion.pdf
In addition to communications from hospital leaders, a letter on the importance of expansion was written by Doug Gruenbacher, MD, a primary care physician in Quinter, Kansas. It appeared in the Salina Journal.
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KanCare Expansion - Response from KHA Board Chair Steve Kelly.pdf
KanCare Expansion - Response from KHA Board Chair Steve Kelly - Oct. 7, 2015
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Opinion Editorial - Tom Bell - Preserve Access to Health Care.pdf
Opinion Editorial from Tom Bell, president and CEO of the Kansas Hospital Association in Topeka, Kansas.
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KHA Statement on King Vs. Burwell.pdf
The U.S. Supreme Court released their ruling in favor of Sec. Burwell in the recent federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Treasury regulation. The Court validated the use of federal subsidies under the Affordable Care Act in states, like Kansas, that have a federal exchange. Therefore, the approximately 78,000 Kansans who are eligible to receive federal subsidies when purchasing insurance through the federal exchange may continue to do so.
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Healthy Kansas Hospitals Reach 75 Pledges.pdf
The Kansas Hospital Association is pleased to announce that the Kansas Hospital Education and Research Foundation has received pledges from 75 Kansas hospitals committed to examining their current food and beverage practices. These hospitals will consider new policies that provide healthier food options in the hospital cafeteria and throughout the facility. This enhanced access to healthy food aims to positively impact hospital employees, patients and visitors.
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