Improving Healthcare Access in Allen County Kansas
Thrive Allen County has been a leader in working to bring down the uninsured rate in our area. In 2013, Allen County’s uninsured rate stood at 21% — over one in five county residents lacked health insurance coverage. By 2016, the uninsured rate had dropped...
Thrive Hiring Contract Navigators for Open Enrollment
Thrive is known as THE go-to place for Navigator assistance. Our Navigators have helped to reduce Allen County’s uninsured rate from 21% in 2013 to 10% in 2016. Over four Open Enrollments our Navigators have seen more than 1,000 people, assisting consumers...
Thrive Receives $75,000 Trailblazer Grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas
Recognizing the work that Thrive Allen County has accomplished since 2007 to improve access to physical activity, healthy food and medical care, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas is providing the coalition a grant to take its work to the next level. Blue Cross is...
Kansans Support KanCare Expansion
The tide is shifting in Kansas. A recent statewide public opinion poll shows that Kansas voters overwhelmingly support the proposed expansion of the state’s Medicaid program, KanCare . The Poll finds support for expansion among Republicans, Independents and Democrats....