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A compass for cancer: how one patient navigator makes a difference
When Consuelo Ross was diagnosed with breast cancer, she hid in a dark room for three days. She had lost her husband to a motorcycle accident two years before, and she was the mother of two young children. A breast cancer diagnosis — the same disease that had killed her mother years before — felt…
Week in Review: Marking the first anniversary of the JCC shootings
This week marks the one year anniversary of the shooting deaths at the Jewish Community Center and Village Shalom. And, low wage protests expand in Kansas City, but are they having an impact?
How do you get by in KC?
How does your job, level of education, access to health care — just for some examples — affect your ability to live successfully?
Child Custody Case In Garden City Stirs Medical Marijuana Debate
The case of a medical marijuana activist in Garden City who lost custody of her son after the boy spoke up at a school anti-drug event has stirred legalization advocates.
The changing dynamics of Kansans and coverage
Prior to the Affordable Care Act, it would have been virtually impossible for Calderwood to purchase affordable coverage because of her pre-existing health problems. Denying coverage to sick people was one of the ways that insurance companies managed their risk. Not surprisingly, a significant number of Kansans who purchased Obamacare coverage in the initial enrollment period were older and less healthy than the general population, said Matt All, a senior vice president for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, the state’s largest health insurer.