March 18th and 19th - the House Health and Human Services Committee hosted hearings on Medicaid Expansion - HB 2319.  Each day, the committee room and hallway were packed with proponents and opponents to the bill.  Many observers do not expect to see any action on Medicaid Expansion during the Veto Session.  Currently, the bill has been referred to the Taxation Committee.

KMHC is cooperating with the Kansas Hospital Association and the Kansas Health Consumer Coalition to promote passage of HB 2319.  Now is the time to weigh in with your legislators and the committee members.

Click Here to read HB 2319.

Click Here to contact House Health Committee Members.  Click on the names.

Click Below to sign the petition to support Medicaid Expansion:

http://www.changekansas.org/action/petition/get-kansans-covered-expand-kancare-medicaid

More Information about Medicaid Expansion:

• KMHC Medicaid Expansion Issue Paper
  
• Kaiser Commission Report - The Coverage Gap: Uninsured Poor Adults in States that do not Expand Medicaid - an Update
  
• KHI Brief - Nearly 182,000 Kansans in the Eligibility Gap
  
• National Women's Law Center - What Medicaid Eligibility Expansion means for Women