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Commissioner Praeger accepts AMA award Commissioner Praeger along with representatives from KHP, ACS Kansas Health Plans, American Cancer Society, and Kansas Insurance Commissioner Unite to Promote Colon Cancer Screening

In recognition that March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, the Kansas Association of Health Plans (KAHP), the American Cancer Society (Society), and Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger announced today at a joint news conference that they are joining forces in an effort to fight colon cancer by emphasizing to Kansans that preventive colon cancer screenings should be a priority and are a covered benefit for members of individual and group health plans.

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger praised the health plans’ commitment to encourage their members to get colon cancer screenings according to American Cancer Society guidelines, and to continue providing coverage for those screenings. “Colon cancer is preventable, treatable, and beatable,” Commissioner Praeger said. (Read more )

Photo: Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger joined with the American Cancer Society and the Kansas Association of Health Plans at a news conference March 9 to emphasize colon cancer screenings for Kansans. March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and Commissioner Praeger urged adequate access to preventative measures that would reduce the number of people who die needlessly from this highly-treatable disease.

AMA again honors Commissioner Praeger

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger is a 2010 recipient of the American Medical Association’s (AMA) top government service award for an elected statewide official. This is the second time she has won an AMA service award. She received a Dr. Nathan Davis Award at a dinner March 2 in Washington, D.C., as part of the AMA’s National Advocacy Conference. (Read more )

Commissioner's Corner for March 2010

Preparation, prevention keys to coping with storm-related losses in 2010

Setting sports records gives athletes a sense of pride, but setting records for storm losses is nothing to cheer about for Kansas property owners. Unfortunately, 2009 storm-related losses based on Kansas insurance claims surpassed the record set during 2008. During 2009, The Kansas Insurance Department estimated a total of $602 million in storm losses occurred to insured real and personal property from hail, wind, tornado and winter weather. That estimate was based on more than 137,000 claims.

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Insurance Quarterly - Winter 2010

Praeger called on for reform opinion

Health care proposals for national reform are on the front burner again with the announcement of President Obama's own proposals and the joint Democratic-Republican health summit. Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger, who frequently is interviewed on health reform issues as committee chairwoman for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, found herself talking to numerous reporters from national, trade and regional media outlets following the president's announcement Feb. 22 and before the health summit meeting Feb. 25.

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