Kansas Governor Laura Kelly (D) on December 14, 2023, proposed legislation to expand the state’s Medicaid program with work requirements for certain enrollees. The Cutting Healthcare Costs for All Kansans Act would require adults under 65 to provide employment verification to qualify for Medicaid.
The bill aims to expand Medicaid to approximately 150,000 Kansans who earn too much to qualify for coverage under existing requirements. People who have disabilities, are pregnant, are experiencing homelessness, have children under 18, or are enrolled in college would not have to meet the work requirements.
“Each year I’ve been in office, I have introduced a bill to expand Medicaid with support from both sides of the aisle,” Governor Kelly stated during a stop on her Healthy Workers, Healthy Economy tour. The work requirements proposal, according to Kelly, aims “to meet Republicans in the middle” by addressing the party’s fiscal concerns with Medicaid expansion.
