Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback vetoes Medicaid expansion

By Robert King

Published March 30, 2017 3:19pm ET

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback vetoes Medicaid expansion — Brownback said he was vetoing the bill because it "fails to serve the truly vulnerable before the able-bodied, lacks work requirements to help able-bodied Kansans escape poverty, and burdens the state budget with unrestrainable entitlement cuts." (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP) | Thad Allton

Republican Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has vetoed a proposed expansion of Medicaid, just days after the state legislature passed a bill to expand it.

Brownback’s Thursday veto comes as several states, including Georgia and Virginia, are signaling an openness to expanding Medicaid after an Obamacare repeal bill was pulled by House GOP leadership last Friday.

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