Belkis Cabrera has worked as a custodian at the University of Missouri-Kansas City for 16 years. Each time she and her co-workers earn a merit raise, she said, increasing healthcare costs and inflation swallow it. “We are not asking for much, just respect and enough pay to get by,” Cabrera said through an interpreter at […]
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Where to go in Wichita if you fall in the Medicaid gap
Kansas remains one of 10 states that haven’t expanded Medicaid, leaving 40,000-plus people in the state without government health insurance — or subsidies for private coverage. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly still wants the Legislature to expand that coverage — and so do more than two-thirds of Kansans. But Republican leaders in Topeka appear unlikely to […]
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St. Luke’s merger with a St. Louis hospital system could mean bigger medical bills in Kansas City
St. Luke’s in Kansas City completed its merger this month with St. Louis-based BJC Health System. While the hospital systems say the merger will “enhance patient care and accelerate medical breakthroughs,” economists say patients may see higher prices.