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Plan to provide more dental help in Kansas gets pulled

The situation at the Health Partnership Clinic in Olathe is symptomatic of the dentist shortage in Kansas, especially in urban areas with high concentrations of poor and in rural areas. Kansas doesn't have a dental school, and 93 counties don't have enough dentists to serve their residents. Thirteen of the state's 105 counties have no dentist at all.

Tribute | George Surprise had major league friends

Who: George R. Surprise, 86, of Lee’s Summit.

State roundup: Mo. bill would outlaw federal health law; Texas docs got unwarranted Medicare bonuses

The Missouri House thinks the dreaded federal health care reform law is a crime. Or at least a misdemeanor. Going even further than other state legislatures fighting the law, the Missouri state House has passed a bill declaring the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional and therefore "altogether void and of no force." Any federal worker who tries to implement it would be committing a misdemeanor.

Federal grant will fund new clinic in Marceline

A $2.6 million federal grant to the Family Health Center of Boone County will be used to fund renovation and construction of an 8,800-square-foot health and dental clinic in Marceline.

Rams Waive PK Brown, Four Others

Placekicker Josh Brown was among five players waived by the Rams on Monday.

Insurer Aetna's 1Q profit tumbles 13 percent

Shares of Aetna Inc. sank more than 8 percent Thursday after the health insurer reported a first quarter performance that missed Wall Street expectations, and it failed to raise its 2012 earnings forecast.

Reduced cost braces for those in need

Smiles Save Lives, a natinal non-profit group, provides braces to children from low-income famlies with a fairly severe need for the orthodontia.

States Look To Lower Speech, Occupational Therapy Costs

Insurance co-pays for occupational, speech and physical therapy are soaring to as much as $75, but legislation on the table in several states would put a halt to the sky-high prices.