Medicaid expansion blocked in Georgia and Kansas by Republican led committees

Republican majorities block efforts to expand Medicaid in Georgia and Kansas ATLANTA (AP) — Plans to expand Medicaid coverage to over half a million more people in Georgia and Kansas were defeated by Republican-led committees in the states’ legislatures Thursday. Ther… JEFF AMY and JOHN HANNA, Associated Press The Hill

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“I do look at this as Medicaid expansion being socialized medicine and, you know, the United States of America is not a socialist country,” said Kansas Rep. Carrie Barth.