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Kansas Opioid Task Force Divided over Medicaid Expansion

State Senator Barbara Bollier, left, a Mission Hills Republican, and Representative Elizabeth Bishop, a Wichita Democrat, talk strategy after a meeting of the Substance Use Disorder Task Force on Thursday. (Photo by Jim McLean / Kansas News Service)
Friday, July 27th, 2018, by Kansas News Service

Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer’s opposition to Medicaid expansion is dividing the task force he formed to combat the state’s opioid crisis. Jim McLean, of the Kansas News Service, has more.

      

 

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