A push to expand Medicaid has Kansas governor embracing politics and cutting against her brand

A push to expand Medicaid has Kansas governor embracing politics and cutting against her brand

TOPEKA, Kan. — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is more aggressive and openly political in pushing to expand Medicaid in Kansas as the Republican-controlled Legislature prepares to open its annual session Monday following five years of failed efforts to provide state health coverage to another 150,000 people. Kelly faces leaders of GOP supermajorities whose priorities are … Read more