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Battle Continues over KanCare 2.0

 Representative Dan Hawkins, left, a Wichita Republican, and other GOP legislators on an oversight committee this week approved the Brownback administration's proposal to seek renewal of its privatized Medicaid program for five years.  (Photo by Jim McLean /Kansas News Service)
Representative Dan Hawkins, left, a Wichita Republican, and other GOP legislators on an oversight committee this week approved the Brownback administration's proposal to seek renewal of its privatized Medicaid program for five years. (Photo by Jim McLean /Kansas News Service)

A group of Kansas lawmakers has failed in its first attempt to keep the Brownback administration from implementing a new, more restrictive version of its privatized Medicaid program. But as Jim McLean, of the Kansas News Service, reports... there will be other attempts.


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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.