The Latest: Kansas House rejects expanding Medicaid program
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the Kansas Legislature's debate on the state budget and cutting taxes (all times local):
6:44 p.m.
The Kansas House has rejected a proposal to expand the state's Medicaid health coverage for up to 155,000 additional needy people.
The vote Friday was 66-56 against adding an expansion of Medicaid to a bill that would make changes to the state's current budget and the budget for the next fiscal year beginning in July.
The proposal would have expanded Medicaid as encouraged by the federal Affordable Care Act of 2010 championed by former President Barack Obama. Lawmakers approved an expansion last year and former Republican Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed it.