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*For Immediate Release:    *     
January 31, 2024
          
*Contact:    *     
Grace Hoge
[email protected]

ICYMI: Kansas Politicians Refusing to Expand Medicaid Send Tax Dollars to Other States 

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"**"KEY QUOTE:"* “Failure to pass Medicaid expansion this session would amount to virtual criminal neglect of our state’s economy.” 

*Kansas politicians refusing to expand Medicaid send your tax dollars to other states* [ [link removed] ] 
"*Jeff Ellis, Kansas City Star* "
January 25, 2024  


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Kansas is one of only 10 states that have not expanded Medicaid coverage to include nearly all adults with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level... Over the last decade, Kansas has forfeited nearly $7 billion in federal funding by refusing to expand Medicaid — roughly the same amount as the state’s entire budget for 2024.  


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Legislative leaders in Kansas strain, posture and work overtime to conjure specious arguments about the supposed evils of expanding Medicaid. Each of these specious arguments has been repeatedly refuted by overwhelming evidence.  


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It is undeniable that it is far more cost-effective for our society to keep people healthy than to shoulder the burden of treating them when their health deteriorates because of their lack of accessible primary care.  


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Kansas has already foregone nearly $7 billion of tax dollars paid by Kansans to the federal government. It’s no surprise that Kansas has the highest percentage of rural hospitals at risk of closure in the nation. And when those hospitals are forced to reduce service or close, it’s the community that suffers...  


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Expanding Medicaid is not just a moral imperative. It is a sound economic decision that Kansas cannot afford to ignore. 

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