Kansas City Stays Losing Insurance

Life without coverage is becoming standard for most locals . . . Check the impact on hospitals and all of your cool uncles & aunts who partied too much in the 90s. 

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The end of enhanced subsidies for ACA plans is adding to the tally of uninsured patients. New Medicaid requirements coming in January could be a multiplier . . . As federal policy changes begin to put health insurance out of reach for more people, a growing number of patients are returning to the ranks of the uninsured. That makes it harder — if not impossible — for them to afford routine healthcare and increases the likelihood that they will need free care, a troubling prospect for hospitals like KU.

“Unless we come up with different affordable options for patients for coverage,” said Lasack, KU Health System’s vice president of revenue cycle, “that’s exactly where we’re going to be. And that’s what keeps me up at night.”

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KC hospitals see more patients without insurance - and expect many more