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Planned Parenthood Adds Locations In Arkansas And Oklahoma Planned Parenthood Great Plains says it has joined forces with three Planned Parenthood facilities in Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma, giving it a total of 12 health centers in four states. Formerly known as Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, the organization earlier this year expanded into central…
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Kansas Motorcycle Racer Endures Crash And Recovery Before Returning To Sport For anyone who knows Elyse McKinnon, it’s hard to imagine her not tearing down a race track on a motorcycle. But life without racing is just what the 30-year-old had to consider after a tragic crash in the summer of 2015 left her with…
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Third Round Of Cuts Could Hit Kansas Children’s Cabinet Programs A Saline County, Kansas mom has a message for state officials wrestling with a difficult budget: Leave an autism diagnosis program alone. Allison, who wanted to be identified only by her first name to protect her family’s privacy, said a telemedicine program — funded in…
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Regardless Of Sentence, ‘Medicaid 23’ Plan To Appeal An attorney for the so-called “Medicaid 23” says his clients will appeal their convictions on trespassing charges, even though they face no jail time. A Cole County, Missouri, jury on Wednesday acquitted 22 clergy members of obstructing government operations but found them guilty of trespassing when they…
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Prairie Village Dental Surgeon Treats All, No Matter Their Ability To Pay John Fasbinder’s dental office was busy on a recent Tuesday. Three employees helped in the reception area, answering phones and clicking away at computers. Hygienists tended to patients in three dental chairs in the main clinic. Fasbinder and his associate, Seth Cohen, flitted…
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Appeals Court Throws Out Challenge To Missouri’s Execution Protocol A legal challenge to Missouri’s execution protocol brought by four taxpayers has been rejected by the Missouri Court of Appeals. In a decision July 26, the appeals court upheld a lower court’s dismissal of the taxpayers’ claims just days after they filed their lawsuit. The lawsuit…
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Osawatomie State Hospital: A Leading Light For Mental Health Care Slowly Dims Editor’s note: Heartland Health Monitor partner KHI News Service conducted dozens of interviews to chart how Osawatomie State Hospital went from a respected facility to one that federal officials deemed too unsafe for Medicare patients and how the hospital could rebuild for the…
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Price Chopper Closing In KCK Surprises City Officials, Sets Back Healthy Food Efforts A decades-old grocery store in northeast Kansas City, Kansas, is closing, delivering a blow to a part of town that’s already short on healthy food options. The Price Chopper at 43rd and State Avenue, which has operated under different names for more…
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Fact-Checking Missouri GOP Gubernatorial Candidates On Medicaid Expansion The four Republican candidates for Missouri governor kicked off their debate Wednesday night with a variety of statements about the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion. KCUR fact-checked some of those statements. Here’s a sample of what they found: Catherine Hanaway: “Obamacare has failed in every regard….
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Kansas City-Area Hospitals Vary Widely In Percentage Of Doctors Who Take Drug Company Payments Kansas City-area hospitals vary greatly when it comes to the percentage of doctors who accept money from drug and medical device companies. The hospital with the highest percentage is Providence Medical Center, where nearly 89 percent of its doctors took such…