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Statehouse Blend Kansas: Round And Round On Medicaid Expansion

Roundtable discussions on Medicaid expansion dominated a short week at the Kansas Statehouse. On the sidelines, host Jim McLean spoke heard diverging views of the costs and benefits from Sara Collins, healthcare economist with the Commonwealth Fund, and Michael Cannon, health policy director for the Cato Institute. 

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Editor's note: The audio of this episode has been updated to clarify the status of the tax relief measure that could soon be headed to the governor's desk.

Jim McLean is a political correspondent for the Kansas News Service, a collaboration based at KCUR with other public media stations across Kansas. You can email him at jim@kcur.org.
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