Kansas hospitals fear Medicaid expansion cuts hit funding
Kansas hospital leaders warn that rejecting Medicaid expansion could slash disproportionate share payments by up to 50 to 75 percent, threatening about $513 million yearly across 64 of 127 hospitals. Via Christi Health in Wichita would lose the most, with nearly $13 million at stake. rural hospitals would suffer proportionally.
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KU donors urged to join marrow registry drive on campus
Donors can focus her energy on a marrow donor registry drive on the KU campus set for Feb 4. Though the drive may not help Jonathan, it could aid someone in a similar plight. Jonathan and Sharilyn, KU students from Lawrence, married five years ago and have two sons, Riley and Gray. Jonathan serves in the Kansas Air National Guard while Sharilyn is in the reserves. In April 2010, doctors thought might be the
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KU donor drive honors Jonathan Mathews with campus event
A Be The Match donor registration drive on February 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kansas Union Traditions area invites potential donors ages 18 to 44 to answer eligibility questions and swab cheek cells. The drive aims to fund roughly $100 per registrant and add new matches for Mathews, a KU student fighting Hodgkin lymphoma after previous remission. Funds from local events and online donations support the registry and transplant costs.
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