TOPEKA - The Kansas Medicaid program spends almost $1.2 million a day on care for people in nursing homes.
The state’s share alone is more than $370,000 a day.
Kansas Department on...
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By Dave Ranney, HCF/KHI News Service, Sept 7, 2011
By Rick Hellman, HCF/KHI News Service, August 31, 2011
Undocumented immigrants in the Kansas City area who experience serious health problems already face a daunting task in obtaining care and federal...
By Rick Hellman, HCF/KHI News Service, August 24, 2011
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- In the old days, when an indigent patient of Dr. Sharon Lee’s low-cost Family Health Care clinic needed specialist care, “We’...
By Dave Ranney, KHI/HCF News Service, August 17, 2011
TOPEKA — Mark Dangl, 59, has spent a lot of time in emergency rooms.
“I’m diabetic,” he said while sitting in the waiting room at Silver...
Health News
National
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Female smokers have more bladder symptomsMSNBC News, September 9, 2011
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Health insurance denial rates routinely 20%, data showUSA Today, September 12, 2011
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NIH study finds two doses of HPV vaccine may be as protective as full courseNIH News, September 9, 2011
Regional
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eHealthAlign health exchange shuts down after less than a yearKC Business Journal, September 9, 2011
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The future of medicine is up for grabsKansas City Star, September 6, 2011
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Doctors with histories of alleged malpractice often go undisciplinedKC Star, September 3, 2011