Bryan Thompson, Kansas Public Radio

Future Uncertain For VA Rural Health Pilot Program

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TOPEKA — Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., said a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program offering timely, quality health care to rural veterans is being allowed to expire in a few months, even as major legislation moves through both houses of Congress that would have similar goals as the pilot program. The pilot program is called […]

Kansas Wrestles With Whether To Decide Which Health Insurance Benefits Are Essential

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Officials say if the state wants to determine what benefits are available on all plans sold on the health exchanges, the governor needs to act by Sept. 30. But he wants to wait until after the presidential election.

Kansas, Oklahoma Insurers Won’t Get A Break On Rebate Rule

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Kansas and Oklahoma are the seventh and eighth states to get the thumbs down from the federal government on their requests to phase in new regulations that could result in health insurance rebates to consumers.