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For Immediate Release:
January 18, 2024
Contact:
Grace Hoge
[email protected]
ICYMI: Medicaid expansion would make
Kansas health care better, cheaper
KEY QUOTE: “It’s time to work for the 150,000 Kansans who would breathe a little easier with access to health care. Drop the excuses, and support Medicaid expansion as a policy for the good of all Kansans.”
Don’t buy the myths: Medicaid expansion would make Kansas health care better, cheaper
Jeron Ravin, KC Star
January 10, 2024
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Today, Kansas sits among just 10 states that have failed to leverage federal dollars to increase needed health care access, improve the local economy and give rural hospitals a fighting chance to survive.
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Of the 40 states that have expanded Medicaid, 25 have cut individual income tax. And in 2023, most of these states ended their fiscal year with a budget surplus.
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Medicaid doesn’t discourage anyone from working. Federal survey data from 2021 reveals that 6 in 10 adults under age 65 with Medicaid work full- or part-time.
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If you want a strong workforce, give people access to the care they need.
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Without significant and intentional changes in provider supply, most Kansans will be waiting longer to see a doctor — no matter which insurance card they carry.
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According to the 501(c)(3) nonprofit KFF (formerly the Kaiser Family Foundation), health systems in expansion states experienced stronger financial performance for rural hospitals.
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Polls show 70% of Kansans support Medicaid expansion.
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