Only 10 states have not joined the federal program that expands Medicaid to people who are still in the 'coverage gap' for health care
Anderson Family Care in Demopolis, Alabama, is like a lot of rural health providers that treat many uninsured or underinsured patients.toward expanding access to MedicaidMedicaid provides health care to some 80 million Americans living on low-incomes. But millions more fall into the so-called"coverage gap" where they make too much money for Medicaid but not enough to get their own insurance.
That includes people like Marcillene Dover, a high school physics teacher from Wichita who was driven into advocacy by her own experience back in college. She had aged out of her childhood Medicaid and was among adult Kansans who have trouble qualifying again without the expansion. " truly believes that the government should take care of everybody," House Speaker Dan Hawkins said in an interview at the state capitol in Topeka."I don't. I believe we all have an individual responsibility."Dan Hawkins, Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives, speaks at a rally at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka on January 24, 2024.
With urging from Borjon and others, the House health committee recently held a hearing on the governor's proposal for the first time in years. But a day later, the heavily Republican committee defeated it in a voice vote. Anderson treats about 1,700 people in her solo private practice. She said rural doctors are facing a crisis in the state because of uninsured and under-insured patients.according to KFFAn attempt to tackle the problem this year was buried deep within a bill about a very different subject. A casino gambling bill contained a provision allowing gaming profits to go to rural hospitals, which some advocates hoped would be a form of Medicaid expansion.
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