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Kansas state employees could lose Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance in cost-saving move
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (938+ words) May 1, 2026 - 7: 14pm TOPEKA " State decision-makers are mulling whether to drop Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas from the state employee health insurance plan, which would give employees just one option and potentially save the state nearly $240 million over three years. Members…...
Opinion: Why health care is so expensive and what to do about it
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (520+ words) Mar 8, 2026 - 12: 00am America's health care system consistently ranks as the most expensive in the developed world. It's not, as some politicians claim, expensive because markets have failed. It's expensive because the market has been repeatedly blocked from succeeding. Until we're honest…...
Douglas County commissioners approve changes to employee health care plan to address increasing health care costs
3+ week, 2+ day ago (758+ words) Apr 8, 2026 - 9: 51pm Douglas County commissioners met on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. Douglas County commissioners approved changes to the county's employee health care plan on Wednesday in order to keep the plan financially stable for the rest of the year. As the Journal-World reported,…...
Douglas County commissioners to consider employee health care plan changes as costs expected to increase
3+ week, 3+ day ago (807+ words) Apr 7, 2026 - 4: 50pm The west side of the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. Douglas County commissioners will make changes to the county's employee health care plan on Wednesday as costs are projected to rise 14% next year. The county's new employee health care…...
KU students who get their health insurance through university-run program set to see premium increases
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (393+ words) Feb 9, 2026 - 1: 25pm University of Kansas students who get their health insurance through a special program overseen by the Kansas Board of Regents are expected to see their premiums rise slightly next school year. The Board of Regents at its meeting on…...
Douglas County commissioners approve contract for health care plan administrative services from United Healthcare
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (487+ words) Feb 18, 2026 - 7: 49pm Douglas County commissioners met on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Douglas County commissioners approved a contract for a new county employee health care plan on Wednesday. The contract is with United Healthcare to provide administrative services for the county's self-funded employee health…...
Kansas spends more money on Medicaid with fewer enrollees, report says
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (335+ words) Nov 15, 2025 - 11: 28pm TOPEKA " Medicaid spending is increasing in Kansas as enrollment declines, and the same trend appears across the country, according to a series of reports released Thursday. KFF, a health policy research and news nonprofit group, attributed increases in spending…...
Bert Nash cancels its contract with insurer Cigna; 121 patients could be affected
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (838+ words) Aug 5, 2025 - 4: 29pm Interim CEO of Bert Nash Kirsten Watkins is pictured at the Douglas County budget hearings on Monday, July 7, 2025. As it faces a projected multimillion-dollar deficit for 2025, Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center has canceled its contract with one insurance…...
Opinion: "Big bill" delivers win for health savings accounts
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (567+ words) Jul 11, 2025 - 2: 39pm In a Congress addicted to bad ideas and bloated spending " something we saw again last week " it's rare to find a tax policy with broad, bipartisan support that also happens to be good policy. Health savings accounts are one…...
Federal Medicaid cuts would cost 13, 000 Kansans their health care coverage
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (837+ words) Jun 13, 2025 - 11: 03am Renewal paperwork for Kan Care, the Medicaid program in Kansas. Proposed federal budget cuts could lead to 13, 000 Kansans losing coverage. Thousands of Kansans could lose health insurance if Congress moves forward with cuts to Medicaid, the health insurance program…...