Partisan proposals to slash Medicaid will leave Kansans poorer and sicker
Voters in November sent a clear message that they were dissatisfied with the status quo and the high cost of goods and services. The rising cost of health care was one of the top pocketbook issues voters cared about — second only to food, according to a recent column by KFF, an independent source of health […]
Rural Kansans depend on Medicaid at beginning and end of life. D.C. proposals threaten program.
In the public debate over Medicaid expansion in Kansas, a critical fact often gets lost: Large numbers of residents already depend on the program. What’s more, despite racist stereotypes, those benefiting from the program live mostly in rural areas. A new report from Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families sketches the present system and makes clear […]
Kansas GOP candidates have suddenly become moderates on abortion. How convenient. How cynical.
I vividly recall the anti-abortion “Summer of Mercy” protests that swallowed Wichita in the summer of 1991. The protesters who blocked access to George Tiller’s clinic made no bones about their stance: Abortion was murder, and they were fighting to save the lives of babies. In the 33 years since, anti-abortion advocates built their movement atop the shoulders of […]
Kansas women changed the world in the summer of 2022
Kansas women overwhelmingly voted to protect reproductive rights in 2022—over 100 politicians continue to ignore the will of voters. It was a typical Friday in the summer of 2022. I was driving my daughters to camp, sipping my coffee and listening as they belted lines to yet another Taylor Swift song in the backseat. It […]
Survey shows Kansas voters worry about health, child care, hunger — and out-of-touch lawmakers
TOPEKA — A survey of Kansans’ attitudes on lawmakers, health care and economic issues found a wellspring of support for expanding Medicaid eligibility — along with a prevailing belief that lawmakers aren’t tuned into the financial challenges Kansas families are facing and are not passing policies that help Kansans. Nonpartisan research firm Perry Undem conducted the study […]
