Tag: Medicaid expansion
The behavior of Kansas Senate Republicans during a caucus meeting Thursday is beyond disappointing. It’s cynical. It’s mendacious. And it should be disqualifying for some who hope to lead the people of Kansas in the…
To the 76 Catholic nuns who signed a letter urging the Kansas Legislature to pass Medicaid expansion, we say, thank you for your courage. In the letter, the nuns say it is “deeply immoral” for…
In democracies, majorities rule, right? The candidate with the most votes wins the election, and a majority vote in the legislature means that a bill is passed. In Kansas, the math seems remarkably simple. The…
Make no mistake about it: The success or failure of the Kansas Legislature’s 2020 session — and maybe even life or death for some Kansans without health care — is riding entirely on the next…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A political dispute between the Kansas Senate’s top two Republicans over abortion and Medicaid expansion has escalated. Senate President Susan Wagle, of Wichita, distributed an editorial to newspapers across the state…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A top Republican lawmaker in Kansas on Friday disputed the claims of GOP colleagues that a bipartisan plan to expand the state’s Medicaid program would lead to taxpayers funding elective abortions.…
Republican lawmakers seem willing to jeopardize the healthcare of 150,000 Kansans in their effort to overturn a Kansas Supreme Court ruling that upholds a woman’s right to abortion. Their hypocrisy turns the stomach. Rather than…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans expect to consider a work requirement when a Kansas legislative committee this week begins debating a bipartisan bill for expanding Medicaid, despite opposition to the idea from a GOP leader.…
We appreciate Gov. Laura Kellys cautious optimism that Kansas is on track to become the 37th state to approve Medicaid expansion. Were not here to declare victory, she said in a press conference Thursday. We…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Democratic governor and a top Republican lawmaker on Thursday outlined a new proposal for expanding the state’s Medicaid program, breaking an impasse that had allowed a handful of GOP leaders…
