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What’s it like to be afraid to get sick?

Afraid because you can’t pay for the doctors?…or the hospital?… or the medicine?

This month on KTWU’s I’VE GOT ISSUES we try to find out what that is like for thousands right here in Kansas.

IGI concludes the unprecedented 3-month mini-series on the topic of Health Care this month. On Wednesday, May 25, at 7 p.m. on KTWU-HD, digital channel 11.1, I’VE GOT ISSUES presents AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE: A PATIENT’S PERSPECTIVE.

Hosted by Janet Thompson Jackson, the May episode now brings the Health Care issues home in a discussion of the patient’s perspective.

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger is scheduled to appear. IGI will talk with her specifically about how the Health Exchanges will work in Kansas. 

Also appearing is physician Jane Murray who has written a recent book about health care issues in this country, “BE THE CHANGE, Transforming Health Care From the Inside Out”.

And we will have some local Kansans with their real issues with family coverage and retirement insurance.

Links to information presented in the program and further resources are available here on the station website, click on the I’VE GOT ISSUES button on the homepage and then on the episode 104 red link under the photos of the hosts.

VIewers can also follow KTWU’s I’VE GOT ISSUES on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ive-Got-Issues/253286474075?v=wall&bcode=_v8kS

KTWU’s “I’VE GOT ISSUES” takes on the topic of Health Care in an unprecedented 3-month mini-series. Concentrating on the issues Americans are facing, the March, April and May programs will deal with this specific topic.

Hosted by Maureen Mahoney, the first Health Care program on Wednesday, March 30 at 7 p.m. on KTWU, Digital Channel 11.1, will examine the Affordable Care Act (the federal health reform law) and the attributes and potential pitfalls that come with it.

The President says his opponents call it a job crushing, granny threatening, budget busting monstrosity. Why are people so divided over the Act? What’s good about it? What are
the criticisms? And how does it affect each of us?

Guest interviews will include experts in this field including United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius. Also participating in the March program is Judy Baker, Kansas Regional Director for Health and Human Services.

The Topeka Community Foundation has provided the funding for the production of this program.

KTWU’s “I’VE GOT ISSUES” returns to the regular schedule with a program on the massive shortfall in the millions of dollars for the Kansas budget. Kansans are waiting to see how the state government plans to deal with the crisis and which programs and services may take cuts or get the fiscal axe.

I’VE GOT ISSUES: $500 MILLION BUDGET WOES will air live on Wednesday, February 23 at 7 p.m. on KTWU HD, Digital Channel 11.1.

Hosted by Chris Gallagher, KTWU presents this viewer call-in program live from the studio in Topeka to offer a chance for the public to ask questions about the state’s money issues and how it will affect them.

Viewer questions will also be taken ahead of time here on the station website under “viewer comments” under CONTACT tab on the homepage. You can visit us on our facebook page and leave questions at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ive-Got-Issues/253286474075?v=wall&bcode=_v8kS

KTWU, local public television, is pleased to announce it has been honored in three categories with Emmy Awards from the Heartland Regional Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in the 2010 competition.

KTWU was awarded Emmy statues in program achievement for: SUNFLOWER JOURNEYS: THE BLOODY BENDERS for Historical/Cultural/Segment – Jim Kelly, Producer
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