State Information: Kansas
This state-specific page on Kansas provides new materials published by Families USA, key health contacts, state government links, news and views from the state, and other resources that might be helpful to Kansas advocates. Click on the links below to view the information you are interested in.
Key Health Contacts
Disability Rights Center of Kansas
635 Southwest Harrison Street, Suite 100
Topeka, KS 66603
Phone: 785-273-9661
Toll Free: 877-776-1541
Toll Free TDD: 877-335-3375
Fax: 785-273-9414
Email: info@drckansas.org
Website: http://www.drckansas.org/
Kansas Action for Children
720 Southwest Jackson, Suite 201
Topeka, KS 66603
Phone: 785-232-0550
Fax: 785-232-0699
Email: kac@kac.org
Website: www.kac.org
Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved
1129 S. Kansas Ave., Ste. B
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Phone: 785-233-8483
Fax: 785-233-8403
Website: Kansas Association for Medically Underserved
The Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved (KAMU) is the Kansas State Primary Care Association. KAMU is an association of member organizations, community health centers, state community-based primary care clinics, and other nonprofit primary care clinics that provide primary health and dental services to underserved populations in Kansas. KAMU's purpose is to advocate for the underserved and for safety net providers, as well as the elimination of barriers and other disparities in health care.
Kansas Citizen's Network
720 SW Jackson Suite 201
Topeka, KS 66603
Phone: 785-232-4388
Fax: 785-232-4388
Kansas Health Consumer Coalition
534 S. Kansas Avenue, Suite 1220
Topeka, KS 66603
Phone: 785-232-9997
Website: http://kshealthconsumer.com/
Topeka Individual Living Resource Center
501 Southwest Jackson Street, Suite 100
Topeka, KS 66603
Phone: 785-233-4572
Fax: 785-233-1561
Email: tilrc@tilrc.org
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State Government Links
State of Kansas Website
Visit the Adult and Medical Services Commission page of the state's website for more information on Medicaid-related issues.
The state's Health Wave program has been expanded to include administration of the state's CHIP program.
Department of Insurance Website
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Other Resources
The Bottom Line: How the Affordable Care Act Helps America's Families
shows the net financial effects of the Affordable Care Act on family
budgets. We found that lower- and middle-income families, both uninsured
and insured, will be financial winners. | State Reports (October 2011) [Families USA]
Medicaid's Impact in the States: Helping People with Serious Health Care Needs
examines how vital Medicaid is for residents with cancer, diabetes,
chronic lung disease, or heart disease or stroke. For these people,
Medicaid can be the difference between life and death, and program cuts
would put them at risk. Released in partnership with three other groups.
(September 2011) [Families USA]
Jobs at Risk: Federal Medicaid Cuts Would Harm State Economies provides state-level data that show the devastating impact the House Republican budget proposal would have. The proposal's substantial Medicaid cuts would harm program enrollees and their families and lead to a loss of business activity and jobs in all states. | Calculator (June 2011) [Families USA]
Cutting Medicaid in the States: Harming Seniors and People with Disabilities Who Need Long-Term Care provides state-specific numbers on how many people would be affected by cuts to Medicaid long-term care spending, as well as how Medicaid helps families, state workers, and businesses. (May 2011) [Families USA]
House Republicans Propose to Slash Funding for Medicaid, Medicare, and Other Health Coverage Programs takes a closer look at how the recent budget proposal would harm seniors, children, and state economies, including state-specific numbers. (April 2011) [Families USA]
States Are Benefitting from Provisions of the Affordable Care Act lists the number of people in each state who are already benefiting from each of five provisions. The provisions include measures that are helping small businesses provide coverage to their workers, helping seniors get free preventive care, and protecting children with pre-existing conditions. | Table (March 2011) [Families USA]
Protecting Seniors and People with Disabilities: Why It Is Important to Preserve the Maintenance of Effort Requirement in the Affordable Care Act discusses how stripping the maintenance of effort requirement from the ACA will have negative consequences for the many people who depend on Medicaid by allowing states to change eligibility requirements. (February 2011) [Families USA]
Worry Less Spend Less: Out-of-Pocket Spending Caps Protect America's Families examines how the Affordable Care Act will protect insured people from high medical costs through new caps on out-of-pocket spending. It provides state-level estimates of how many residents will have spending that exceeds these caps and by how much, and it looks at how many of those residents work for small businesses. (February 2011) [Families USA]
How Health Reform Helps Communities of Color is a series of state-based fact sheets that discuss how provisions in the Affordable Care Act--both those for the general public and those specifically designed to eliminate health disparities--help communities of color in each state. (September-October 2010) [Families USA]
Lower Taxes, Lower Premiums: The New Health Insurance Tax Credit examines how this tax credit will help both insured and uninsured Americans. It provides data on the number of people eligible, the total dollars available, and on how it will help working families in particular. (September 2010) [Families USA]
A Helping Hand for Small Businesses: Health Insurance Tax Credits analyzes the health reform provision that provides tax credits to small employers to help them buy health coverage for their workers. This report, which was commissioned along with Small Business Majority, provides national and state-level data on the number of small businesses eligible for the credit in 2010, as well as the number eligible for the maximum tax credit. (July 2010) [Families USA]
Health Reform: New Opportunities for States to Invest in Home- and Community-Based Services is a series of state-specific fact sheets that explore the new options for states to expand home- and community-based services through the health reform law and the reasons why expanding this type of services is a good idea. (Summer 2010) [Families USA]
Health Reform: Help for Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions discusses how, under health reform, no one will be denied coverage, charged a higher premium, or sold a policy that excludes coverage of essential benefits because of pre-existing conditions. The report presents the number of Americans with diagnosed pre-existing conditions who, absent reform, would be at risk of being denied coverage in the individual insurance market. It breaks down this number by age, income, and race. (May 2010) [Families USA]
How Health Reform Helps the People of Kansas looks at the many benefits that health reform will bring to the state, including cracking down on insurance company abuses, ending runaway premiums, and providing financial security. (May 2010) [Families USA]
Health Coverage in Kansas: How Will Health Reform Help? discusses the major gaps in Kansas's health coverage system and how health reform will address these gaps and help Kansans, including the insured, the uninsured, people in Medicare, and small businesses. (March 2010) [Families USA]
Lives on the Line: The Deadly Consequences of Delaying Health Reform examines what would happen if Congress fails to pass health reform. Specifically, it provides national and state-level estimates of the number of deaths that would occur due to lack of health coverage if reform doesn't pass. It also quantifies how many Americans died due to lack of health coverage since the last effort to pass reform in 1994. (March 2010) [Families USA]
Guide to Finding Health Coverage: Kansas Millions of Americans have no health insurance, and finding health insurance can be difficult. If you are looking for coverage, this guide can help point the way. Whether you have recently lost your job, are an early retiree, or have a serious medical condition, this guide includes numerous resources that may help you find the coverage you need. (Updated 2009) [Families USA]
The Uninsured: A Closer Look–Kansans without Health Insurance examines how many state residents were uninsured during 2007-2008. The report also takes a closer look at the number of uninsured, who they are, and how long they were uninsured. It mirrors the data in our national report, Americans at Risk: One in Three Uninsured. (April 2009) [Families USA]
Premiums versus Paychecks: A Growing Burden for Kansas's Workers. The impact of changes in employer-based health insurance premiums and earnings in Kansas. (October 2008) [Families USA]
Dying for Coverage in Kansas For the more than 47 million Americans who are uninsured, lack of health insurance can have dire consequences: medical debt, missed care, and even premature death. This first-ever state-specific report examines the number of deaths due to lack of health insurance. (April 2008) [Families USA]
When an Apple A Day Isn't Enough: Students in Kansas Speak Out about Health Care contains the winning essays from the "When an Apple a Day Isn't Enough" national essay contest as well as basic information about why health insurance matters for children. [Campaign for Children's Health Care]
Guide to Finding Health Insurance Coverage: Millions of Americans have no health insurance, and finding health insurance can be difficult. If you are looking for coverage, this guide can help point the way. Whether you have recently lost your job, are an early retiree, or have a serious medical condition, this guide includes numerous resources that may help you find the coverage you need. (Updated March 2007) [Families USA]
No Shelter from the Storm: Kansas's Uninsured Children. This fact sheet takes a closer look at uninsured children in Kansas—who they are and what kinds of services they miss out on as a result of being uninsured. Written by Families USA for the Campaign for Children's Health Care. (September 2006) [Families USA]
The Kansas Elder Law Network is a project of the University of Kansas that focuses on senior issues. Its Web site offers databases that contain information of interest to seniors and advocates.
Medicaid Eligibility for Long Term Care: The Basics, Recent Developments and Some Thoughts for The Future and Senior Health Resources, are two of the site's most valuable resources.
Senior Health Insurance Counseling of Kansas
NACHRI, in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), has released 2005 updates of their state-specific Medicaid fact sheets. These fact sheets detail the importance of the Medicaid program to the health care of children in every state, as well as the critical role children's hospitals and pediatricians play in serving all children. Click here for a map that will take you to information specific to your state. (July 2005) [National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI)]
Paying a Premium: The Added Cost of Care for the Uninsured in Kansas: A fact sheet with state-level data showing the dollar impact on private health insurance premiums of care provided to the uninsured. (June 2005) [Families USA]
Medicaid Cuts Are Bad Medicine: This fact sheet describes how Medicaid helps your state's economy, supports the state's health care infrastructure, provides essential health care to the most vulnerable residents, and reduces the number of uninsured. (January 2005) [Families USA]
The Uninsured: A Closer Look: A fact sheet with state-level data from One in Three: Non-Elderly Americans without Health Insurance, 2002-2003. (June 2004) [Families USA]
Good Medicine for State Economies, 2004 Update: Medicaid provides essential health care services for an estimated 51 million people of all ages and economic classes. Medicaid also plays a unique role in stimulating state economies. This report provides national and state-level data on the effects of Medicaid spending on state business activity, employment, and employee earnings. These updated numbers can be used to predict the economic impact of potential state Medicaid spending increases or cuts in fiscal year 2005.| Medicaid Calculator with updated figures (May 2004) [Families USA]
Who's Uninsured in Kansas and Why? is a four-page fact sheet providing information on the uninsured population in the state -- their numbers and characteristics and some of the reasons they are uninsured. (November 2003) [Families USA]
Families USA has prepared state fact sheets that spell out the different amounts of help the House and Senate Medicare prescription drug bills would provide to low-income beneficiaries. Click here for this state's fact sheet. (July 2003) [Families USA]
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