Tag: insurance
WASHINGTON (AP) More Americans are going without health insurance, and stable premiums plus greater choice next year under the Obama health law arent likely to reverse that. As sign-up season starts on Friday, the…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Planned Parenthood clinics in several states are charging new fees, tapping financial reserves, intensifying fundraising and warning of more unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases after its decision to quit…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas health department says insurance company Aetna is at risk of losing its $1-billion-a-year contract with the states Medicaid program. The Kansas City Star reports the agency gave Aetna 10…
When Iola City Council members gather tonight to continue discussions on the citys 2020 budget, theyll have a few more items to ponder. In the second night of a two-day budget workshop Thursday, Council members…
Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 35-year-old white male who was a drug addict from the age of 14 until 32. You name it, I took it. About three years ago, I quit drugs and…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas commission voted Monday to give state employees a break on health insurance rates after they endured years of significant increases. The Kansas Employees Health Care Commission voted unanimously to…
WASHINGTON Three-quarters of the public including a majority of Republicans want the federal government to protect patients from being stuck with surprise medical invoices after they are unwittingly treated by doctors or…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Republican lawmakers in Kansas pressed ahead Friday with allowing the state Farm Bureau to offer health coverage to members that doesnt satisfy the Affordable Care Act, a state-level effort to circumvent…
WASHINGTON (AP) The Trump administration has told a federal appeals court it wants the entire Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, struck down. In a filing Monday with the New Orleans court, the administration…
Kansas Republicans are pushing a junk argument for junk health insurance Insurance that doesnt cover pre-existing conditions, mental illness, maternity care, prescription drugs or treatment for substance abuse is called junk insurance for a reason:…
