Medicaid expansion at center of rally

At Statehouse rally, Gov. Laura Kelly takes another swing at Kansas Medicaid expansion.

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March 7, 2024 - 2:12 PM

Kansans attended a rally Wednesday to urge lawmakers to hear a Medicaid expansion proposal. Photo by Rachel Mipro/Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — About 200 Kansans crowded into the second floor of the Statehouse and around the third floor rotunda Wednesday, giving standing ovations as speakers urged lawmakers to hear a Medicaid expansion proposal for the first time in years.

Gov. Laura Kelly, unwilling to let a Medicaid expansion proposal die without a hearing for the fourth year in a row, was one of the speakers whipping up support.

“There are no more valid excuses for not expanding Medicaid,” Kelly said to a cheering crowd. “… Expanding Medicaid is the smartest, sanest way to keep Kansas…

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