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A new report shows Texas leading the country in its rate of uninsured children under 6.

Currently, both Blue Cross and Aetna are health plan options, with 35,400 employees enrolled in the former and 4,500 in the latter.

The agency that oversees behavioral health and social work providers has about 1,000 "pending" complaints against providers — hundreds more than it has received in previous years. Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council leadership told lawmakers it may need support from the state to handle the volume.

To avoid the long distances rural health care providers have to travel for needed training, Texas Health has created a mobile simulation lab to bring the training directly to providers.

Some of Texas' largest buyers of health care provided insight into what might be driving higher health care costs. The House Select Committee on Health Care Affordability concluded its two-day public hearing Friday.

Kelly said her veto wasn’t about limiting the ability to practice faith freely, but ensuring Kansans use health plans that cover their medical expenses.

On International Transgender Day of Visibility, Kansas should remember the accomplishments of Dr. Alan L. Hart, a doctor and author born in Halls Summit in the late 19th century. In 1917, he made history by becoming one of the first known trans men in the country to undergo gender affirming surgery.

If approved, the measures could remove Medicaid expansion from the state constitution or allow the Legislature to not fully cover its costs if federal support changes.

A bill to make diagnostic mammograms free for anyone with insurance in Kansas has stalled. Democrats say it's because the legislation was championed by Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt, who happens to be running against the Senate president in the GOP governor primary.

A new report found that nearly 10% of median household income in Missouri and Kansas goes toward deductibles and premiums. At that level, economists say those households are underinsured.