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Vicki Schmidt on Health Care

 

 


Expand Medicaid coverage in Kansas

HB2044: AN ACT concerning the department of health and environment; establishing the KanCare bridge to a healthy Kansas program.

American Hospital Association summary, 3/30/17:The Kanas Hospital Association supported the bill, which called for the state to submit a waiver request to the federal Department of Health and Human Services to implement the Bridge to a Healthy Kansas program by Jan. 1, 2018.

KMUW excerpts of Veto Message, 3/30/17:"I am vetoing this expansion of ObamaCare because it fails to serve the truly vulnerable before the able-bodied, lacks work requirements to help able-bodied Kansans escape poverty, and burdens the state budget with unrestrainable entitlement costs."

Legislative Outcome:Passed Senate 25-14-1 on Mar/28/17; State Sen. Vicki Schmidt voted YES; vetoed by Governor Sam Brownback on Mar/30/17; House sustains veto 81-44-0 on Apr/3/17.

Source: AHA and KMUW (NPR News) on Kansas voting records HB2044 , Mar 28, 2017

Other governors on Health Care: Vicki Schmidt on other issues:
KS Gubernatorial:
Chase LaPorte
Cindy Holscher
Derek Schmidt
Jeff Colyer
Laura Kelly
Ty Masterson
KS Senatorial:
Jerry Moran
Joan Farr
Mark Holland
Michael Soetaert
Patrick Schmidt
Roger Marshall

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