Students banned from Kansas Statehouse over Medicaid protest
March 28, 2019
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Police on Wednesday barred three college students from the Kansas Statehouse for a year after they helped hang large banners inside saying that top Republican legislators who oppose expanding Medicaid have "blood on their hands."
The protest came a week after supporters forced a debate in the GOP-controlled House on Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's plan for expanding Medicaid health coverage to as many as 150,000 additional residents. The House approved a modified version over Republican leaders' objections, but the Senate has yet to consider the measure.
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