health insurance

The dashboard shows the percentage of people in a county, state Senate or House legislative district or federal congressional district enrolled in the ACA.

Lawmakers and experts pin the blame for rising insurance costs on health companies consolidating and creating less competition.

Increased insurance cost will wipe out 1% raise granted by Legislature, budget director says

The annual child wellness report Kids Count found child poverty has improved in Kansas and Missouri compared to the years before the pandemic. But both states still have tens of thousands of children without health insurance.

Cigna announced earlier this year that it is withdrawing from the individual insurance market nationwide

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.

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.

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.