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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.

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Kansas Cancer Survivors, Health Care Advocates and Black Nurses Host Medicaid Film Screening at State Capitol

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

Defending Dreamers’ Access to Health Care Services

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).

Kansas Legislative Session Ends with Missed Opportunity to Expand KanCare

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

Letter: ACS CAN supports expanding Medicaid eligibility for low-income parents and adults in Kansas and we are asking the same lawmakers

March 11, 2024
Kansas

Kansas Lawmakers, Last week volunteers from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) were in the Statehouse meeting with their lawmakers and reminding them that cancer is a public policy priority. In 2024, an estimated 16,640 Kansans will hear the words, “You have cancer”, another 5,660 will lose

State Contacts

Christina Cowart
Senior Grassroots Manager, Kansas
[email protected]
816.898.0089
Megan Word
Kansas Government Relations Director
[email protected]
816.898.9712
Michael DuPré
Associated Director, Regional Media Advocacy
[email protected]
515.321.4031

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