KanCare Expansion
Holiday Card Campaign
As a means of urging Kansas legislative leaders to support KanCare Expansion, the Alliance for a
Healthy Kansas is launching a holiday card campaign. Organizations and individual members of
the Alliance are encouraged to host parties where guests hand-write holiday cards with personal
messages about expansion.
We hope to generate a stack of holiday cards for each of the legislative leaders to let them how
important expansion is for Kansans across the state.
Instructions:
Please grab your favorite blank holiday card and write a personal message explaining why KanCare
expansion is important to you.
Some things to include in your message:
• A cheerful holiday greeting—we want this to bring some positivity into their office!
• A call to expand KanCare in 2019.
• Why KanCare expansion is important to you, your community, your work, or your vision
for Kansas.
• Your name and address.
Delivery:
Organizations can collect the holiday cards and contact Nicholas@expandkancare.com to
arrange for pick-up. Individuals are welcome to put the cards in the mail. Don’t forget to take
a selfie or group photo while you are working on your card to post on social media. We would
love to have you tweet your photos @ExpandKanCare using the hashtag
#ExpandKanCare2019.
Holiday Card Logistics:
Every Legislator has an office at the Kansas Statehouse. Address your card to:
Senator/Representative ______________
Capitol, 300 SW 10th Avenue
Topeka, Kansas 66612
Kansas Senate Leadership
Kansas House Leadership
Senate President: Sen. Susan Wagle
Speaker of the House: Rep. Ron Ryckman
Senate Majority Leader: Sen. Jim Denning
House Majority Leader: Rep. Dan Hawkins
Senate Vice President: Sen. Jeff Longbine
Speaker Pro Tem: Rep. Blaine Finch
Senate Minority Leader: Sen. Anthony
Hensley
House Minority Leader: Rep. Tom Sawyer
Sample Messages:
• Please support KanCare Expansion in 2019.
• KanCare Expansion would help low-wage working people to get the health care they need to
stay healthy, take care of their families, and excel in their jobs.
• Expanding KanCare is a fiscally responsible way to grow the economy.
• Access to health coverage and care is a basic Kansas value.
• Expanding KanCare strengthens community hospitals, saving jobs and providing health
coverage options to more people who live there.
• An estimated 150,000 hardworking Kansans could access critical health care coverage by
expanding KanCare. It’s a move that benefits us all.
• We should bring back the $1.8 million in federal tax dollars we lose every day to other states and
invest it in a solution that will help Kansans.
• We need to put common sense over politics, so our families have access to health care and we
can create good jobs and economic opportunity.
• 36 states have taken advantage of the opportunity to expand Medicaid. Kansas is being left
behind.
Thank you for being a part of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas and for your help with the
Holiday Card Campaign. Happy holidays!
