WASHINGTON, D.C. — Kansas is one of at least 18 states that have expanded health insurance programs for children this year, according to a recent survey by Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute. “This is a difficult time for state budgets but an even harder time for family budgets, and many states are responding to meet the need,” said Jocelyn Guyer, co-director of the institute’s Center for Children and
Families.
Earlier this year, lawmakers agreed to expand the state’s HealthWave program to include children in households at 250 percent of the federal poverty level, about $ $3,815 a month for a mother and two children.
The expansion takes effect Jan. 1.