For six years now, the issue of whether to expand Medicaid, the state/federal health insurance program for low-income citizens, has surfaced every legislative session in Kansas only to suffer defeat.
In 2017, backers were hopeful when legislators approved expansion, only to have then-governor Sam Brownback veto it.
So today, despite the fact that 75 percent of Kansans approve Medicaid expansion, it remains out of reach for approximately 152,000 of our working poor, or at least as long as its the responsibility of todays current makeup of legislators. In Maine, the issue is…
Speakers: Kansas loses billions without Medicaid expansion
