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Expand Medicaid in Kansas!

Far too many Kansans are living without health insurance because they live in a state that has refused to expand Medicaid. These folks are in the "Medicaid gap", living sicker and dying younger than those with health insurance.

Latest Updates

April 14, 2025
Kansas

Statement from American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Kansas Government Relations Director, Megan Word TOPEKA, Kan. – “As lawmakers end the legislative session, they have once again failed to close Kansas’ health care coverage gap by expanding Medicaid, a policy that is overwhelmingly popular. Kansas lawmakers

March 5, 2025
Kansas

TOPEKA, Kan . – At the state Capitol this afternoon, volunteers and members of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and the Wichita Black Nurses Association collaborated to screen “ In Due Season ,” an ACS CAN original film about

February 20, 2025
Kansas

The State of Kansas and 18 other states are challenging a new policy from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that allows Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients (or “dreamers”) to access health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

May 1, 2024
Kansas

Statement from American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Kansas Government Relations Director, Megan Word TOPEKA, Kan. – “As lawmakers close the legislative session, they have once again failed to expand KanCare, a policy that is overwhelmingly popular. For the 150,000 low-income Kansas adults and families in the

State Contacts

Christina Cowart
Senior Grassroots Manager, Kansas
Megan Word
Kansas Government Relations Director
Michael DuPré
Associated Director, Regional Media Advocacy

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