Take 5 For Your Health

By | July 12, 2016 |
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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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Take 5 For Your Health

By | March 8, 2016 |
Allen Wagner's family says it took months for his Medicaid application to be approved. His daughter, Amy Flanigan, left, and wife, Charlene Wagner, recalled their frustration as he was moved from hospital to hospital. (Photo : Andy Marso |Heartland Health Monitor)

Kansas Nursing Homes Struggle To Cope With Medicaid Processing Backlogs Judy Kregar is not a member of the Rotary Club in nearby Greensburg, but she decided to go when she heard Gov. Sam Brownback would be at the club’s recent meeting. Kregar, the administrator of a small nursing home in nearby Bucklin, wanted to tell…

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Take 5 for your health

By | September 22, 2015 |
Shona Banda, shown here after she was booked into jail and then released after posting bond in June, is preparing to sue Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, the Kansas Department for Children and Families and the Garden City Police Department. (Photo: James Dobson | Garden City Telegram)

Kansas Mom Charged in Marijuana Case to Sue Brownback, State Agency Lawyers for Garden City resident Shona Banda have prepared a lawsuit against Gov. Sam Brownback and the state agency that has custody of her child, claiming she has a constitutional right to use cannabis to treat her Crohn’s disease. Banda self-published a book and posted…

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