📈 Kansas sees fourth straight year of record marketplace enrollment A total of 200,046 Kansans enrolled in a health plan during the 2025 open enrollment period — the highest ever and a 16.7% increase from last year. KHI’s latest maps break down enrollment across the state:

☕ Save the Date: July 30, 10–11 a.m. CDT! Join us for the next Health on the Plains Coffee Hour featuring Tony Pipa, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Host Wyatt Beckman will lead a conversation on the ways federal rural policy can be reimagined to better meet the

🌻 Registration Now Open: 2025 Kansas Governor’s Conference on Aging 🌻 📅 Friday, October 17, 2025 🕘 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. CDT 📍 K-State Alumni Center – Manhattan, KS Join health professionals, policymakers, educators and community leaders for a one-day, in-person event

The KHF Partner Summit brought together funded partners and voices from across Kansas for three days of learning, collaboration and connection. Kansas Health Institute analysts Viktoria Sterkhova, Cynthia Snyder and Avanthi Chatrathi shared data and insights on economic hardship

🎨🧠 KHI Staff Snapshot: Viktoria Sterkhova, Analyst A major player on the analytics team, Viktoria pairs quick wit with big-picture thinking. Equal parts data wizard and one-liner machine, she handles complex datasets with ease, tackling topics like access to care, market

📢 Time is running out to register! Join SOPHIA: The Community of HiAP Professionals and the Kansas Health Institute on Thursday, Aug. 7, for a 90-minute virtual forum designed for educators, researchers and practitioners ready to bring real-world, policy-connected learning

🚨 Don’t forget! This Wednesday, July 30 at 10 a.m. CDT, join us for the Health on the Plains Coffee Hour, featuring Tony Pipa, Senior Fellow at the The Brookings Institution. 🔗 Join the Conversation: khi.org/view-all-event… #KsHealth #KsLeg #HealthOnThePlains #CoffeeHour

🤝 Governor Laura Kelly has proclaimed August as Kansas Breastfeeding Month. Kansas Health Institute's Kari Bruffett joined partner organizations at the Statehouse on July 25 in recognition of the proclamation, which highlights the importance of breastfeeding to the health of Kansas

🎉 KHI history highlight — in real life! Since 1995, 121 staff and 23 board members have helped shape the Kansas Health Institute. On July 16, 53 of them gathered at The Beacon to celebrate KHI’s 30th anniversary — a night of connection, reflection and renewed commitment to

🗣️ Last chance to share your public health story! KHI’s “In Your Own Words” storytelling contest is open through midnight CDT July 31. We're inviting public health professionals, students and supporters across Kansas to share how public health has impacted your life or

🌱 Culture change starts with us Culture change doesn’t happen by accident — it takes daily work, honest reflection and leadership that’s willing to go first. It also means putting people at the center of every decision. In the latest Transforming Public Health for the 21st

Retreat, recharge, refocus. 🔄🧠🎯 KHI board members and staff gathered July 17-18, in Maple Hill for the annual board retreat. This year’s focus: innovation and how KHI can partner with state and federal leaders to inform policy that improves the health of Kansans. Thank you

🏛️ Federal health policy update: What we’re watching, Aug. 7, 2025 🔹 CMS to open Rural Health Transformation Program applications in September. 🔹 Supreme Court allows HHS layoffs to move forward. 🔹 HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calls off U.S. Preventive Services Task

🌾 New Health on the Plains episode! In Episode 14, Wyatt Beckman visits Abilene to talk with Julie Roller Weeks, director of the Abilene Convention and Visitors Bureau. She shares how community pride and collaboration are bringing in new doctors, attracting businesses and

KHI held its monthly all-staff meeting Aug. 6, featuring the August Partner Spotlight with Tanya Dorf Brunner, executive director of Oral Health Kansas. Tanya shared updates on the organization’s new branding and highlighted recent work and partnerships across the state. ➡️

☕️ ICYMI: On July 30, Tony Pipa from the The Brookings Institution joined us for the Health on the Plains Coffee Hour to discuss rural policy and programs. If you missed it, catch the full conversation here: 🔗 khi.org/articles/healt… #KsHealth #KsLeg #HealthOnThePlains #CoffeeHour

📈 What’s driving record-high marketplace enrollment in Kansas? For 2025, 200,046 Kansans signed up or were automatically re-enrolled — a 16.7% increase from last year’s record high. KHI’s latest brief explores the data on enrollment trends, plan choices, financial help,

🏛️ New Issue Brief: Hill to the Heartland – Federal Health Policy Briefing On Feb. 13, the White House issued Executive Order 14212, creating the Make America Healthy Again Commission to lead federal efforts to address chronic disease with a focus on children. Chronic disease