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Reporters Discuss Details of Governor Brownback's KanCare Expansion Veto

By Kansas News Service
Published March 31, 2017 at 2:20 PM CDT
Supporters of Medicaid expansion in Kansas are mounting an intense lobbying campaign, hoping to gather enough votes to override Governor Sam Brownback’s veto.
Supporters of Medicaid expansion in Kansas are mounting an intense lobbying campaign, hoping to gather enough votes to override Governor Sam Brownback’s veto.

On Wednesday, a bill expanding Medicaid eligibility in Kansas arrived on Governor Sam Brownback’s desk. Thursday morning, the governor promptly vetoed it. Reporter Jim McLean and editor Amy Jeffries of the Kansas News Service discuss where the issue stands now... and what might happen next. 

Jim McLean from the Kansas News Service was speaking with editor Amy Jeffries about what’s happening with efforts for Medicaid expansion in Kansas. The Kansas News Service is a collaboration covering politics, education and health across the state.

 

 
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The Kansas News Service produces essential enterprise reporting, diving deep and connecting the dots in tracking the policies, issues and and events that affect the health of Kansans and their communities. The team is based at KCUR and collaborates with public media stations and other news outlets across Kansas. Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished at no cost with proper attribution and a link back to kcur.org. The Kansas News Service is made possible by a group of funding organizations, led by the Kansas Health Foundation. Other founders include United Methodist Health Ministry Fund, Sunflower Foundation, REACH Healthcare Foundation and the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
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