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Gov. Laura Kelly says blocking Medicaid expansion the ‘dumbest thing Kansas has ever done’

States Newsroom · October 30, 2026

LAWRENCE — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly said the biggest disappointment of nearly eight years in office was the Kansas Legislature’s refusal to expand Medicaid health coverage to the working poor. Kelly repeatedly urged the Republican-led Legislature to broaden eligibility standards to include as many as 150,000…

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Gov. Laura Kelly says blocking Medicaid expansion the ‘dumbest thing Kansas has ever done’

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