Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Kansas
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
 
Old 12-08-2011, 10:32 AM
 
12,282 posts, read 13,232,358 times
Reputation: 4985

Advertisements

Who do you have to thank for this?

While the nation as a whole made progress in reducing the number of uninsured children from 2008 to 2010, the number in Kansas without this benefit increased by 7,850 over those three years.

The rate of uninsured Kansas children was 8.2 percent in 2010, up from 7.4 percent in 2008.

At that same time, Nebraska reduced its rate 1.2 percentage points. Oklahoma's rate dropped 2.4 percentage points.

Nationally, the rate was reduced from 9 percent in 2008 to 8 percent in 2010. Thirty-three states cut their rates.

The bottom line: Kansas tied with Minnesota for 50th in terms of futility on this pressing issue.

Kansas ranks 50th in progress on insuring children | CJOnline.com
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 12-08-2011, 12:15 PM
 
Location: Kansas
25,939 posts, read 22,089,429 times
Reputation: 26660
I did not really see a reason stated as to why there was an increase. A lot of families have lost their health insurance and I know some do not qualify for the free or low-cost program because of income so, what am I missing? The cost of health insurance in KS is very high compared to some other states because of the requirements that the policies must cover - learned this when we came back from NC a few years ago and were going to get a private policy. I think this had something to do with all the goodies that Sebelius wanted on the policies when she was, I can't remember what they call it but head of the Insurance Department. Boy, am I glad she left so we could spread her out over 50 states - share the grief! Also, could the population of illegals be contributing to this - do they get the free/low cost also? I totally support Governor Brownback and his endeavors! Big changes are necessary and it will take awhile to get everything turned around and if you have tried to work with the state agencies in the past, you already know that it desperately needed change.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 12-08-2011, 12:19 PM
 
78,326 posts, read 60,527,398 times
Reputation: 49618
Quote:
Originally Posted by Versatile View Post
Who do you have to thank for this?

While the nation as a whole made progress in reducing the number of uninsured children from 2008 to 2010, the number in Kansas without this benefit increased by 7,850 over those three years.

The rate of uninsured Kansas children was 8.2 percent in 2010, up from 7.4 percent in 2008.

At that same time, Nebraska reduced its rate 1.2 percentage points. Oklahoma's rate dropped 2.4 percentage points.

Nationally, the rate was reduced from 9 percent in 2008 to 8 percent in 2010. Thirty-three states cut their rates.

The bottom line: Kansas tied with Minnesota for 50th in terms of futility on this pressing issue.

Kansas ranks 50th in progress on insuring children | CJOnline.com

A VERY disappointing article.

Where does KS rank? What did Nebraska and OKlahoma improve from? What caused the rate in KS to worsen? Ugh.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2020 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Kansas

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 04:20 AM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top