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Posts Tagged ‘Medicaid’

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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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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Survey: Just 1 in 4 Nursing Homes Confident They Can Survive Another Year

By | August 17, 2021 | 0
An unidentified family member visits through the window with their loved one at Cross Creek.

What does the future look like for long-term senior care centers? One survey suggests only 25% will make it past this year. Here’s what that means for Kansas City.

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Lawmakers Say Special Session Likely Unneeded to Fund Missouri Medicaid Expansion

By | August 11, 2021 | 0
Demonstrators stand outside of the Governor’s Mansion in Jefferson City on July 1, 2021 and hold signs urging Gov. Mike Parson to fund voter-approved Medicaid expansion.

Legislative leaders of both parties say that a special session is probably not needed to appropriate additional funds following a court order to begin covering Missourians who are eligible under voter-approved Medicaid expansion.

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