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Kansas Officials Face Challenges as They Seek to Renew KanCare

By Kansas News Service
Published November 21, 2017 at 9:50 PM CST
​ Jon Hamdorf, interim Medicaid director with the Kansas Department of Health and Enviornment, responds to questions at a KanCare 2.0 public hearing last week in Topeka. (Photo by Jim McLean / Kansas News Service)
​ Jon Hamdorf, interim Medicaid director with the Kansas Department of Health and Enviornment, responds to questions at a KanCare 2.0 public hearing last week in Topeka. (Photo by Jim McLean / Kansas News Service)

The Brownback administration appears to be on a collision course with health care advocates and Kansas lawmakers over changes it wants to make with a new version of KanCare, the state’s privatized Medicaid program.  From the Kansas News Service, Jim McLean previews the coming clash.

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