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A new poll shows a majority of Kansans support the expansion of Medicaid, known in Kansas as KanCare, to insure more low-income adults in the state.

Supporters of Medicaid expansion in Kansas say the rural health task force created by the governor is nothing more than window dressing; political cover to show that the state is doing something to help struggling rural hospitals. But the man leading the task force, Lt. Governor Jeff Colyer, disagrees.

Federal officials say they're pleased with the latest enrollment numbers for federal health insurance. In Kansas, more than 100,000 have signed up for Obamacare and in Missouri, nearly 300,000.

The issue of Medicaid expansion in Kansas hasn't gone away. If anything, it seems to be heating up again.

Republican State Senator Jeff King used to be opposed to expanding Medicaid to provide healthcare for poor Kansans. But now that his hometown hospital is closing, in part because the state has failed to expand Medicaid, he's changing his position on the subject.

Kathleen Sebelius, the former Kansas governor and former secretary of Health and Human Services, says there's no turning back on Obamacare. And, she says GOP presidential candidates who say otherwise are misleading voters.

The number of residents in Kansas and Missouri without health insurance has decreased.

The Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, has survived another major legal challenge. The nation's highest court has preserved federal subsidies in the federal health law, which allow low-income Americans to purchase health insurance coverage.

Thousands of Kansans and Missourians who rely on federal subsidies to purchase health insurance are breathing a sigh of relief today. That's because the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a provision in the Affordable Care Act that provides subsidies to some low-income Americans.

The United States Supreme Court has uphelp provisions in the federal health law that provided subsidies for low-income people to buy health insurance. Essentially, the nation's highest court upheld the Affordable Care Act, which is popularly known as Obamacare.