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The Uninsured in Kansas
New U.S. Census data show that Kansas is one of 10 states in which the uninsured rate went up in the last two years. This KHI fact sheet also provides information about the age and work status of uninsured Kansans.
Kansas Mission of Mercy - Garden City: Patient Characteristics, Needs, and Satisfaction
Over 15 percent of the patients served by a free dental clinic early this year reported they have never been to a dentist.
Achieving and Sustaining High Vaccination Rates Among Kansas Children: An Action Plan
A newly-released report and issue brief details potential barriers to improving Kansas' childhood immunization rate and provides recommendations for policymakers, providers, parents and others.
Parental and Provider Attitudes, Practices, and Beliefs about Childhood Immunizations in Kansas
Common themes that emerged from interviews with parents and providers about the childhood immunization process indicate that parents want more information and follow-up than is currently available.
Immunizing Children in Their Medical Home — Does it Make a Difference?
Children immunized in private clinics received more timely immunizations during the first year of life than those immunized in local health departments, but by 24 months of age, that difference disappears.
Employer-Sponsored Insurance in Kansas
Employment, even full-time, is no guarantee of access to employer-sponsored insurance. This new issue brief discusses the availability of employer-based health insurance in Kansas.
Uninsured Young Adults in Kansas
Twenty-three percent of Kansans age 19-34 are uninsured. This new fact sheet discusses this population and why these individuals are more likely to be uninsured than any other age group.
Are Kansas Children Prepared to Succeed in Kindergarten?
A new assessment shows that most Kansas children are ready to start school and that those who participate in some kind of early-learning program do better in all academic areas than those who do not.
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Budget squeeze hits the mentally ill
State hospitals overcrowded
Budget problems have the state mental hospitals reeling. The institutions were already coping with too few staff and too many patients.
But now things are worse. The hospitals are running out of money at a time when most state agencies have been told by the governor to cut their current year spending by 3 percent. Read more.
Kansas Health Digest
- Oversight committee hears health reform proposals TOPEKA, Nov. 20 - Any expansion of Medicaid eligibility in the coming year is highly unlikely, but a tobacco tax increase has a decent chance of passing, key lawmakers said today.
- Disabled opposed to cuts in social services TOPEKA, Nov. 20 - Vickie Vermillion's 33-year-old daughter, Kimberly, has a progressive form of muscular dystrophy that has left her blind, unable to bathe herself or take more than a few steps.
- Famed advocate offers advice to Kansans TOPEKA, Nov. 20 - A man who has spent much of his professional life fighting for progressive causes in the nation's capital was in Kansas Wednesday to counsel nonprofit leaders on how to be more effective advocates.
- 'Medical home' concept embraced, questioned TOPEKA, Nov. 19 - The state's medical community has blessed the medical home concept.
- Study: Medicaid patients spurned due to payment delays BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 19 - Reimbursement delays are a major factor in doctors' reluctance to see Medicaid patients, according to a new national study published Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs.
- News reports say Daschle will head HHS WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 19 - Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle will be the new head of the Department of Health and Human Services when Barack Obama is sworn in as president, according to reports today by the New York Times and other major news organizations.
- REACH Foundation announces $1.6 million in grants MERRIAM, Nov. 19 - Eighteen programs that provide health care to the poor and underserved in the greater Kansas City area will share $1.6 million in grants from the REACH Healthcare Foundation.
- Advocates weigh in against mental health drug list TOPEKA, Nov. 18 - State spending on drugs to treat the mentally ill is growing at an "unsustainable" pace and something must be done about it, members of the Kansas Health Policy Authority board were told today by the state's Medicaid director.
- KHPA cutting budget but sparing caseload TOPEKA, Nov. 18 - State budget officials have asked the Kansas Health Policy Authority to cut almost $11 million from its current budget.
- Changes urged to improve lives of Kansas children TOPEKA, Nov. 18 - A child advocacy group today urged policymakers to take action on several fronts to improve the state's child well-being ranking, which has slipped in recent years.
- Former secretaries sing agency's praises TOPEKA, Nov. 18 - More than a few memories were exchanged during a Friday reception commemorating the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Service's 35th anniversary.
- VA mileage rate increase kicks in WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 17 - The mileage reimbursement rate for veterans traveling to and from Veterans Affairs medical facilities was increased, effective today.
- KHPA board and oversight committee meet this week TOPEKA, Nov. 17 - The board of the Kansas Health Policy Authority is set to meet Tuesday and the legislative committee that oversees the agency is scheduled to meet Thursday and Friday.
- Virus will hit like ‘atom bomb’ MANHATTAN, Nov. 14 - New and deadly diseases transmitted from animals to humans have taken the world by surprise in the last decade. Among those illnesses are Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, Rift Valley Fever and avian influenza.
- Small business group split on tobacco tax increase TOPEKA, Nov. 14 - A survey of small business operators here shows they are about evenly divided over a proposed increase in the state tobacco tax.
- Past SRS secretaries invited to 35th anniversary event TOPEKA, Nov. 14 - Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Service officials are hosting a reception today commemorating the agency's 35th anniversary.
Kansas Health Digest archive »
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The rate of childhood obesity has more than tripled over the last 30 years for children ages 6 to 11 and doubled for those ages 12 to 19. See full report.
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