Kansas Reflector: Why Kansas conservatives should embrace Medicaid expansion
By Greg Graves | Aug. 24, 2020
Today, more than 200,000 Missourians who previously did not have health insurance will soon be able to access it, through Missouri voters’ decision on Aug. 4 to expand Medicaid.
Imagine waking up for the first time in a long time knowing you didn’t have to choose between your child’s health and paying other critical bills. Imagine waking up knowing your vote helped those earning approximately $26,000 per year for a family of three in Missouri find access to quality health care.
In Kansas, that’s what we must do: Imagine.
I am Kansas proud, and while Kansas leads the nation in many things, we now find ourselves leading in a sad way.