Kansas legislative panels nix funding for expanding Medicaid
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March 15, 2019
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two Republican-controlled committees of the Kansas Legislature have stripped Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's proposed state spending for Medicaid expansion out of budget legislation.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee voted 7-6 on Thursday to remove $14 million from a proposed budget for the state health department for the fiscal year beginning in July. The money represented Kelly's initial estimate for the state tax dollars needed to draw down federal funds for the first six months after expanded Medicaid coverage started in January.
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