First step of overhaul: health care to 10 million children
We are stronger as a nation when our people have access to the highest-quality, most-affordable health care. When our businesses can compete in the global marketplace without the burden of rising health care costs here at home.
We know that caring for
our children, so they have a healthy and better start in life, is what grownups do. A large majority of the Congress are ready, right now, to provide health care to 10 million American children, as a first step in overhauling our health care system.
Source: Democratic Response to the 2008 State of the Union address
Jan 28, 2008
Cutting Medicaid will increase numbers of uninsured
Sebelius warned that neither Congress nor the Bush administration planned to extend a one-time increase in Medicaid funding. If the emergency aid is not renewed, Kansas will be forced to cut its Medicaid budget.
Sebelius also complained that federal officials have slowed payments to the states in the wake of Medicare and Medicaid reform efforts. If states are forced to cut Medicaid budgets, numbers of uninsured are sure to increase.
Source: Journal Des Moines Bureau
Jun 17, 2004
Obtain better prices for prescriptions & services
I said I would find better, more efficient ways of delivering services to the more than 450,000 Kansans who rely on the state for health care. To help accomplish that goal, I created the Governor's Office of Health Planning and Finance.
Its small but talented staff is already hard at work on plans to obtain better prices for prescription drugs and other health care services by leveraging our buying power in the marketplace.
Source: State of the State address to the Kansas Legislature
Jan 12, 2004
Require adequate insurance coverage for agritourism
Many in the agritourism industry are concerned about whether their insurance policies cover them in case of an accident. We should either clarify legislatively that these businesses are covered, or require insurance companies to offer adequate coverage.
Even if the coverage is available, we must make sure these businesses can afford it. We should offer tax credits to businesses and individuals who purchase insurance policies for agritourism.
