Debate over Obamacare persists in Kansas politics
The piece outlines how Republicans hammer the Affordable Care Act amid implementation woes and political leverage. It notes Kansas senators and representatives pressing navigator fees, Medicaid expansion debates, and contrasts with nationwide polling showing dim views of Obamacare. It discusses party lines, voter sentiment, and efforts to tie Democrats to the national health law.
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Topeka
Washington
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S
Mike Pompeo
Wichita
Kansas
Rasmussen
Bob Beatty
Washburn University
Obama
Beatty
Kensinger
Barack Obama
Chris Pumpelly
House
Paul Davis
Lawrence
Davis
Arnold
Republican Party
Cleanup effort eases curbside load for West Fair residents
Seventh grader Emily Benitez and her mother Griselda help haul an old couch to the curb along West Fair Street as a three week cleanup continues. Neighbors Hobbs and Foster praise city help citing savings of time and money and the curbside service.
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Emily Benitez
Griselda
West Fair St
Eighth
Griselda Benitez
Hobbs
Foster
Kansas residents race to enroll as deadline nears
Health officials projected 53 000 Kansas residents would enroll in marketplace coverage by March end with about 29 000 by February. Navigators were swamped in Kansas as people scramble to complete enrollments amid nationwide extensions. Lawmakers push a multistate compact to challenge federal health care laws while Nebraska Texas Missouri have similar actions. Kansas Governor Brownback and GOP leaders oppose expanding Medicaid and set up online marketplaces, citing a bungled federal rollout. A Topeka family seeks subsidies but encounters repeated website outages.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Kansas
Katrina McGivern
Association For the Medically Underserved
House
Senate
Mary Pilcher-Cook
U.S
Houston
Texas
Missouri
Attorney General’s Office
Sam Brownback
GOP
Andrew Ramos
Topeka
Ramos
Tecia
Salvador
Tecia Ramos
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