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Posts Tagged ‘Health’

El Laberinto de Medicaid: Defensores y Beneficiarios se Preparan para el Fin de la Cobertura Continua

By | February 8, 2023 | 0
A woman with papers scattered around her on her desk. Ivonne Montanez is a health navigator at El Centro. Here she prepares one of her clients' Medicaid applications. (Vicky Diaz-Camacho | Flatland)

For years, folks with Medicaid did not need to renew. But in April, reviews begin again following the end of continuous coverage linked to the pandemic.

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Medicaid Maze: Advocates and Recipients Brace for End of Continuous Coverage

By | February 8, 2023 | 0
A woman with papers scattered around her on her desk. Ivonne Montanez is a health navigator at El Centro. Here she prepares one of her clients' Medicaid applications. (Vicky Diaz-Camacho | Flatland)

For years, folks with Medicaid did not need to renew. But in April, reviews begin again following the end of continuous coverage linked to the pandemic.

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Parents, Kids and Doctors ‘Exhausted’ by Trio of Respiratory Illnesses Hitting KC 

By | December 27, 2022 | 0
A young child with a oxygen mask on looks into the camera. Pediatric health is taking a hit, in more ways than one parents and doctors say. (Adobe)

The steep rise in child illnesses is an ‘unimaginable amount of work and stress,’ one Kansas City parent says. Pediatricians feel the same.

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National Rural Health Day Highlights Growing Needs in Kansas 

By | November 16, 2022 | 0
Group of people stand around KS Governor Laura Kelly at her desk. Kelly holds a document proclaiming rural national health day in Kansas.

The Kansas Rural Health Association is gathering on Thursday to discuss the challenges facing rural health care.

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Study Finds Many ‘Maternity Deserts’ in Kansas and Missouri 

By | November 8, 2022 | 0
baby feet

A new March of Dimes study concludes that both Kansas and Missouri are below the national average when it comes to the presence of “maternity deserts.”

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