In a report published earlier this month by the Kansas Maternal Mortality Review Committee (KMMRC), the state’s maternal outcomes have worsened in recent years. Both pregnancy-related deaths and illnesses increased between 2016 and 2020. According…

OLATHE — Standing at the site of a future mental health hospital, Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday emphasized the benefits Medicaid expansion would have for low-income families struggling with mental health challenges. The Democratic governor…

Medicaid expansion has been a hot topic over the past decade. Despite many states across the country expanding their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act, Kansas has yet to do so. According to the…

Most of us fail the marshmallow challenge. Even if we know there’s a greater reward for denying ourselves two sweets instead of one, we say, “why wait?” That can be a problem. Deferring immediate gratification…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Medicaid expansion deal in North Carolina received final legislative approval on Thursday, capping a decade of debate over whether the closely politically divided state should accept the federal government’s coverage…

When it comes to expanding Medicaid, Kansas is quickly becoming one of the last states that continues to lose money and lives because of its refusal to change. Kansas is surrounded by states that have…

For 10 years, North Carolina state Sen. Phil Berger remained opposed to expanding Medicaid, the public insurance program that provides health coverage to low-income Americans. Ever since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010…

Well of course Kansans decided to elect Laura Kelly to another term as their governor. Yes, it was close — did anybody expect otherwise? — but while this is famously a Republican state, it’s not…

As a neonatologist based in Kansas City, I have recently witnessed the debate over what occurs during pregnancy from many points of view in Missouri, Kansas and across the country. However, caring for newborns every…

Dear editor, I have contemplated responding to the editorial of July 5 and decided a few points need to be made. Treatment of an ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage is not an abortion. Even the conservative…