Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and a top Republican lawmaker have outlined a new proposal for expanding the state's Medicaid program.
The deal between Gov. Laura Kelly and Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning announced Thursday breaks an impasse that had allowed a handful of GOP leaders to thwart bipartisan legislative majorities.
The plan would give Kelly the straightforward expansion of state health coverage that she has advocated and cover up to 150,000 additional people.
Denning would get a version of a program that he has proposed for driving down private health insurance premiums to keep people from dropping existing private plans for Medicaid.