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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 2005
Page
1
A brief item notes ICU nurses delivering care to newborns and premature infants, highlighting specialized duties and the critical role of neonatal units in patient outcomes.
Cathy McKinley, executive director of Garden City Downtown Vision since 2004, will move next month to manage Garden City Community College's human resources department starting Jan. 4, replacing Dee Wigner who left the post Oct. 1 to become dean of administrative services.
In a series beginning Dec 3 Telegram and other papers examine Kansas health care. Topics include cost and insurance, rural hospital struggles, new tech and expansions, perceptions of care quality, and access for uninsured patients in Salina.
Ranchers in the region doubt a Japan move to lift its two year ban on U S beef will quickly alter markets. Roy Dixon of Highlands Livestock in Garden City says any impact on next week's cattle prices is unlikely while Johanns hints the first U S shipment to Southeast Asia could occur within days.
In 2003 Kansas families paid about 8794 for health insurance premiums, up 41 percent since 2000. By 2008 premiums rose four times workers earnings. About 300000 Kansans are uninsured, 95 percent in working households. Uninsured work mainly for small firms under 50 employees and earn below 200% FPL. Uninsured delays care and costs rise. uncompensated care accounts for roughly 16% of premiums. Source Healthy Kansas.
Dr John Jeter of Hays Medical Center calls rising health care costs the perfect storm as Kansas spends about 12 billion yearly. Gov Sebelius aides say 1.24 billion will fund care for the poor this fiscal year, with state employee premiums at 284.5 million. The Health Care Cost Containment Commission seeks cuts while uninsured workers' coverage remains elusive. No clear consensus yet among employers providers insurers lawmakers drug firms and consumers.
Gov Kathleen Sebelius and Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger toured Kansas to push Healthy Kansas. The plan aims to expand public coverage, boost wellness, and cut red tape, but coverage for uninsured working Kansans remains stalled. Sebelius says the issue stays on the radar as legislative debates continue.
Holcomb USD 363 Board of Education will meet Monday at 6 30 p m in Room 132 Holcomb High School to ratify a teachers contract offering at least a five percent raise for the current year and end three months of negotiations Teachers backed the new proposal 57 4 Wednesday but board ratification is required for it to take effect The proposal adds a 5 percent district wide raise plus step increases from 50 to 700 for higher experience levels and replaces the earlier 4 percent raise with a 50 monthly health premium increase remains in the current plan
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