“The courts are going to be looking to see that we are going to assure those payments.”But some supporters of the Medicaid expansion were skeptical of that argument. The House passed its Medicaid expansion bill in March, but it remains stuck in committee in the Senate. The measure would extend the state’s Medicaid health coverage to as many as 150,000 additional Kansas residents and has bipartisan support in both chambers. “I want to get Medicaid expansion done this year,” she told reporters Saturday. Republican leaders focused their efforts on getting a few GOP moderates to break with the Democrats despite supporting Medicaid expansion.

Source: National Post May 04, 2019 14:42 UTC