Kansas Health Policy Authority Public Hearing Tour

 

The Kansas Health Policy Authority is holding a series of public hearings throughout the month of October in various areas of Kansas. We urge you to consider attending one of these meetings in Hutchinson, Salina, Goodland, Garden City, Topeka and Wichita. Topics to be covered include and overview of the 2008 Legislative Session, a preview of the 2009 Session, and strategies to meet the needs of Kansas health consumers.

 

The schedule for the meetings is as follows:

 

October 8, 2008

5pm-6:30pm

Hutchinson Public Library

901 N. Main

Hutchinson, KS 67501

 

October 9, 2008

5pm-6:30pm

Salina Public Library

301 W. Elm

Salina, KS 67401

 

October 14, 2008

5pm-6:30pm

Goodland Public Library

812 Broadway

Goodland, KS 67735

 

October 16, 2008

5pm-6:30pm

Finney County Public Library

605 E. Walnut St.

Garden City, KS 67846

 

October 21, 2008

3:30pm-5pm

Memorial Hall

120 SW 10th St.

Topeka, KS 66612

 

October 23, 2008

5pm-6:30pm

KU School of Medicine-Wichita

Sunflower Room, #2202

1001 N. Minneapolis St.

Wichita, KS 67214

 

 

AFP supports health care policies that would be:

 

·        Realistic — health care reform should proceed as rapidly as possible, but not so quickly that firms and individuals cannot adjust. We also support policies that would be realistic in cost and feasibility, to ensure better care for Kansans.

 

·        Private — Kansans should receive their health insurance and health care through the private sector. We must minimize the extent to which governmental safety nets crowd out private insurance and care.

 

·        Competitive — Consumers should have many choices among insurers and providers. Policymakers need to alleviate the limitations that state boundaries and treatment mandates place on competitiveness.

 

·        Efficient — We encourage an appropriate spending level on health care, and support efforts to eliminate inefficiencies and misallocation of the resources needed to provide quality care.

 

 

AFP also opposes initiatives relating to the statewide smoking ban and increases on cigarette taxes. These efforts create additional government intrusion into the lives of private citizens, and hurts small business owners. To learn more, go to www.stopthewaronsmokers.com.