For immediate release: Aug. 21, 2015 Jennifer Sykes (816) 241-7006 KANSAS CITY, MO – The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City (HCF) has announced 15 participants in its Healthy Communities Leadership Academy. HCF developed the Leadership Academy to contribute to the development of a critical mass of change agents, local expertise, and field capacity […]
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Kansas Plan Would Convert Many Rural Hospitals Into Primary Health Clinics
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Dental Funds for the Poor Caught in Missouri Budget Battle
Approximately $18 million that would restore basic dental benefits for hundreds of thousands of low-income Missouri adults is in limbo due to a sweeping budget action by Gov. Jay Nixon.
Acting under what he termed his constitutional duty to balance the state budget, Nixon late last month restricted or vetoed approximately $1.1 billion in spending for the fiscal year that began July 1.
HCF Awards $4.3 Million in Mental Health Grants
Date: August 12, 2015 Contact: Jennifer Sykes Phone: 816-241-7006 KANSAS CITY, MO – The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City (HCF) has awarded 37 nonprofit organizations a total of $4.3 million in 2015 mental health funding. These grants support behavioral health and family and domestic violence services, and prevention and advocacy efforts. “Enhanced mental health care is […]
Kansas Funding Shift Alarms Children’s Health Advocates
Gov. Sam Brownback’s decision to divert federal funding away from a health insurance program is drawing sharp criticism from children’s advocates. Shannon Cotsoradis, president of Kansas Action for Children, says the governor is shortchanging Kansas families who depend on the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP. “The dollars we are receiving as a result of […]
Groundwork for Medicare and Medicaid, 50 Years Old Today, Was Laid by President Truman
Advocates of government-sponsored health care gathered earlier this month at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri, to mark the anniversary of legislation that’s both a local story and a milestone for medical care in the United States. Fifty years ago, on the same stage where speakers sat, President Lyndon Johnson signed […]
Report: KC Metro Region’s Health Improving But Disparities Persist
When it comes to health outcomes in the 11-county Kansas City metropolitan area, there’s good news and there’s bad news. That’s the takeaway from a regional health assessment released Wednesday by the REACH Healthcare Foundation in Merriam, Kansas, which aims to improve health care for the poor and medically underserved. The good news: Except for […]
Missouri’s Refusal to Expand Medicaid Leaves Hospitals Feeling the Pain
It’s a sweltering Monday afternoon, and in the emergency room of Truman Medical Centers near downtown Kansas City, a patient complains of excruciating abdominal pain. The attending physician advises her there’s only so much he can do. “The reality is you can get whatever pain medication I’m able to give you in an effort to […]
Death and Dying: An Emerging Conversation
In 1840, Sweden was home to the world’s longest-living people. There, average life expectancy for women was 45 years. That span is now surpassed in every country, no matter how blighted or war-torn. In the United States, which ranks 53rd globally, a person on average can expect to survive 78 years and several months, mostly […]
HCF Awards $372,507 in Applicant Defined Grants
Date: July 9, 2015 Contact: Jennifer Sykes Phone: 816-241-7006 KANSAS CITY, MO – The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City (HCF) has awarded 10 nonprofit organizations a total of $372,507 in Applicant Defined Grants. The following grants were awarded in June 2015: HCF Applicant Defined Grants (ADG) are awarded outside of the Foundation’s annual […]