Medicaid renewals have been on pause since 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic emergency. But now renewals have resumed, and thousands of Kansans will need to provide documentation to show eligibility for KanCare. But many KanCare recipients haven't had to go through the renewal process, and many others have moved or otherwise had a change of situation since the last time they have renewed. We talk with Kate Gramlich, Cover Kansas Project Specialist at the Community Care Network of Kansas, to discuss what Medicaid renewals mean for Kansans, especially those who fall in the health insurance coverage gap.

The Rally for KanCare Expansion took place March 15, 2023 at the Kansas Statehouse. Join the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas team as we recap and share our favorite moments from the rally.

Matt Kleinmann, Director of Community Development with Vibrant Health in Kansas City, KS, talks about his work at the intersection of public health and architecture and how expanding Kansas' Medicaid program, KanCare, is just one of the pieces of the healthy spaces puzzle.

Although KanCare expansion would primarily bring coverage to adults, it is also critical to the health of Kansas children. Heather Braum, Health Policy Advisor for Kansas Action for Children, joins us to talk about all the ways expansion helps children and about the critical role health policy plays in the lives of Kansas kids.

A recent report from the Kansas Health Institute shows that KanCare expansion would provide direct financial benefits to behavioral health providers in Kansas, but would also have indirect benefits like fewer children entering the Kansas foster care system due to neglect and reduced rates of arrest and re-arrest in the criminal justice system. Guests Sonja W. Bachus, Community Care Network of Kansas; Phillip Steiner, Kansas Health Institute, and Kyle Kessler, Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas, discuss the implications of this report.

Costs in everyday life are rising - including health care costs. KanCare expansion is something that can help lower everyone's health care costs, protect Kansans from medical debt, and protect and strengthen our rural communities. On today's episode Marissa & Lacey will walk through the case for KanCare expansion and why it is best for Kansas.

The 2023 Kansas legislative session has begun! If you are looking for a primer or refresher on how the legislative process works in Kansas, look no further! Sean Gatewood and April Holman of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas do a deep dive into how bills become laws in Kansas and what that means for KanCare expansion.

On this week's episode, we talk with Reverend Dr. Bobby Love of 2nd Baptist Church of Olathe about the intersection of faith and democracy. Dr. Love is an advocate for KanCare expansion, and he talks about how his life brought him to advocacy, and how his heart and love of people drive his everyday work.