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Associated Press - Wed 07:20 PM 03/27/2013
The Kansas Medicaid Access Coalition presented petitions favoring an expansion to Governor Sam Brownback's
office Wednesday.
Advocates of expanding Medicaid in Kansas under the federal health care overhaul have intensified their
campaign to persuade state officials to embrace the idea.
The Kansas Medicaid Access Coalition presented petitions favoring an expansion to Republican Gov. Sam
Brownback's office Wednesday. The petitions had almost 2,800 signatures.
The 2010 federal law encourages states to broaden Medicaid coverage for the needy and disabled by promising
the federal government will cover nearly all of the additional costs.
Brownback is a critic of the federal law but has said that he'll leave a decision on expanding Medicaid to the
Republican-controlled Legislature. Many GOP lawmakers are skeptical the federal government will keep its
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funding promises.
The Kansas Medicaid Access Coalition has 40 member groups, including AARP Kansas and Kansas Action for
Children.
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