KHCC Interviews

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November 2008

• Online Dialogue About Health Care Extended - kwch.com
• Your Chance To Sound Off On Health Reform (Audio) - Kansas Public Radio
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• Will Kathleen Sebelius help Obama deliver 'universal' health care? - KansasLiberty.com
• Interactive Dialogue Invites Diverse Public to Share Views and Find Common Ground on Health Care Reform - MarketWatch.com
• Online input sought on health care - thekansan.com The Newton Kansan
• Online effort seeks public input into health care - examiner.com
• Online effort seeks public input into health care - Fort Mill Times Online
• Kansans can offer perspectives on health care reform - Kansas.com The Wichita Eagle
• State seeks Dodge’s input on health care - Dodge City Globe Online

October 2008

• KS Legislature Candidates Discuss Health Care - WIBW.TV
• Candidates voice support for smoking ban - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Candidates forum set on health reform issues- Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Candidate forum to focus on health care - Topeka Capital-Journal Online

September 2008

• New Numbers Call for Action - Kansas.com The Wichita Eagle
• Higher Taxes for Health Care? You Know You Agree - The Pitch
• Health Care on the Table - KC Community News
• Survey Finds A Majority of Kansans Support Health Coverage for Everyone - KCUR News
• Survey: Most likely Kansas voters favor health insurance for all - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• The GOP Loves the Heartland To Death - The Wall Street Journal Online

August 2008

• Plastic soon to replace paper Medicaid ID cards - Kansas Health Institute News Service

July 2008

• Who's Who: Corrie Edwards, executive director of the Kansas Health Consumer Coalition - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Senate sends Medicare bill to president - Harris News Service

June 2008

• Health reform not as bad as it seemed, KHPA board members told - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Organizers question 'Health Day' costs, benefits - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• States lack protections for consumers of individual health plans, group says - Kansas City Star Online
• More are struggling with medical expenses despite having health insurance - Kansas City Star Online
• Study identifies Kansans' health care system wants - Kansas.com The Wichita Eagle
• Focus groups show Kansas willingness to adopt state-run insurance plan - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Report shows Kansans want more health coverage - Topeka Capital-Journal Online
• While other states expand SCHIP eligibility, Kansas waits - Kansas Health Institute News Service

May 2008

• Enduring cancer without coverage: Lack of insurance leaves KU student with $150K in bills - Lawrence Journal-World Online

April 2008

• Reform deliberations bypassing low-income parents - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Health reform still up in the air - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Groups to highlight problems of the uninsured - Kansas Health Institute News Service

March 2008

• House members hear support for KHPA health reform plan - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Budget committee passes SRS, KHPA budgets - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Senator asks advocates for health reform help - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Health Day at the Capitol set for Thursday - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Support weak for premium assistance plan - Kansas Health Institute News Service

February 2008

• New Web site launched to help Kansas health consumers - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Medical tax break considered: House bill would make many expenses deductible on state taxes - Topeka Capital-Journal Online

January 2008

• Health Insurance Reform: Costs and Opportunities - Kansas Public Radio
• Children’s group leading effort to go beyond KHPA plan - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Prescription drugs discounted with free card - Lawrence Journal-World Online
• Medical Debt in the Heartland: "It's An Every-Person Issue" - The Public Welfare Foundation

November 2007

October 2007

• Kansas Considers Health Reform Options - KCUR News (MP3 file)
• Health care benefits sticker shock - Kansas City Star Online
• Medicaid — A crisis in care - Topeka Capital-Journal Online
• House fails to override SCHIP veto - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Panelists: Universal health care can work - Lawrence Journal-World Online
• Health reform plan approved by KHPA board - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Panel to discuss health care reform: Forum designed last year in campaign season may become annual event - Lawrence Journal-World Online

September 2007

• Dispute over SCHIP program worries Kansas - Topeka Capital-Journal Online
• Group seeks health care increase - Lawrence Journal-World Online
• Kansans watch congressional debate on child insurance - Harris News Service
• Be wary of "consumer-driven" health care, consumer activists told - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Number of Kansas uninsured on the rise - Kansas Health Institute News Service

August 2007

July 2007

• SICKO: Living the American Dream? - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Premium assistance plan called good first step - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Hospital ratings aim to empower consumers - Lawrence Journal-World Online

June 2007

• Medical Debt Haunts Even the Insured - Kansas Public Radio Health Report
• ER: First and last resort for the working poor - Kansas Health Institute News Service

April 2007

• Group resists elitist plan - Kansas City Star
• Controversial consumer protection bill still in play - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Survey: Insured struggle with costs - The Hutchinson News

• Empowering the disabled - New Straits Times Online
• Second advisory council on health reform meets - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Report Finds Insurance Coverage Inadequate: Even Those Who Are Insured Struggle Making Medical Payments - Kansas City Star
• More and more working Kansans are going without health insurance - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Health Day at the capitol draws crowd - Kansas Health Institute News Service

• KHPA appoints advisory councils, seeks input - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Kansas Health Policy Agendas - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Health option finds favor Kansas City outpaces the national trend when it comes to choosing consumer-driven plans - Kansas City Star (There is a fee to view this article.)

• Kansas Medical Society president airs his views - Kansas Health Institute News Service
• Health Care For All Kansans - Eyewitness News 12