Here are today’s headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation:Sen. Pat Roberts (R)!(Press Release) National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) Members Take Their Case to Capitol Hill: Home care professionals gathered on Capitol Hill on September 10 and 11 for “March on Washington and Lobby Days” to oppose proposed legislative and regulatory cuts in Medicare home health payments. Participants met with their respective members of Congress and staff members and succeeded in meeting with representatives from 45 states. … The regulatory and legislative cuts in Kansas, for example, would reduce home health payments in that state by over $47 million and result in 68.3 percent of rural agencies and 39.4 percent of urban agencies in Kansas having negative Medicare margins by 2011. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) promised to sign on the Senate letter opposing home health cuts.Rep. Nancy Boyda (D) !(LJWorld.com.) House majority leader says 2nd Boyda win tough but possible: U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., on Wednesday acknowledged that U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda, D-Topeka, faces a tough re-election challenge but said she can do it. “She is a perfect person to be re-elected in this district,” said Hoyer, who attended a fundraiser for Boyda and appeared at a joint news conference with her at Topeka High School. National and state Republicans have targeted the 2nd congressional district, which includes part of Lawrence, to take back after Boyda’s upset victory in November against five-term incumbent Jim Ryun. The GOP regularly issues news releases attacking Boyda.Rep. Jerry Moran (R) !(KAKE-TV, Wichita) Expansion Coming for Wichita VA Hospital: The war in Iraq is taking its toll on Kansas soldiers’ mental health – to the point that the Wichita VA hospital is expanding to treat them all. The VA reports a 25% rise in the number of veterans needing treatment for post traumatic stress disorder over the last two years. Director of the hospital Tom Sanders says, “This war is like no other war, in that there are so many survivors.” Because of the increase in patients, Congress has approved funding for a new facility and more staff to treat patients with PTSD. Kansas Congressman Jerry Moran toured the Wichita VA to make sure it is getting the help it needs. He says, “This seems to be a war that involves professional care and treatment involving mental health and family counseling.”