Republican majorities block efforts to expand Medicaid in Georgia and Kansas
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Kansas state Rep. Nikki McDonald, D-Olathe, shows off a stack of printed testimony in favor of expanding the Medicaid program in Kansas during a House Health and Human Services Committee discussion, Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The committee has blocked Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's expansion plan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)Kansas state Rep. Brenda Landwehr, R-Wichita, presides as chair over a meeting of the House Health and Human Services Committee as it discusses Medicaid expansion, Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Republicans on the committee have kept it from advancing Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's plan for expanding Medicaid to the full House. (AP Photo/John Hanna)Georgia state Sen. David Lucas, D-Macon, presents a bill to expand Medicaid health insurance on Thursday, March 21, 2024 at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. The Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee rejected the bill on a 7-7 tie vote (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)Kansas state Rep. Lindsay Vaughn, D-Overland Park, holds up a binder of printed testimony in favor of expanding the state's Medicaid program during a House Health and Human Services Committee debate, Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. In committee votes, Republican lawmakers in Kansas and Georgia have blocked Medicaid expansion plans. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas state Rep. Nikki McDonald, D-Olathe, shows off a stack of printed testimony in favor of expanding the Medicaid program in Kansas during a House Health and Human Services Committee discussion, Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The committee has blocked Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's expansion plan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
