TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly sent letters to the five Republicans and one Democrat in the Kansas congressional delegation urging the federal lawmakers to resist pressure to vote for Medicaid cuts that would deny health care to the most vulnerable people in the state.
Kelly, a Democrat who has campaigned for expansion of Medicaid in Kansas, said the latest proposal in Congress could cost the state up to $1 billion in federal funding in the first year of implementation. That would have a substantial effect on coverage for about 443,000 low-income seniors, children, pregnant mothers…
