ICYMI: Governor Kelly Discusses
Medicaid Expansion, Fiscal Responsibility
with Salina Post

KEY QUOTE: “Although the process of delivering tax reform to Kansas took years to achieve, it has been something Gov. Kelly’s administration has sought since she became governor in 2019. The bill, Senate Bill One, provides a $2 billion reduction in state income and property taxes over the next five years.”

Gov. Kelly discusses $2B tax reform bill, Medicaid expansion, national politics
Nate King, Salina Post
Aug. 15, 2024

• “It [SB 1] will impact everybody to at least some degree. I think our seniors are going to see the most obvious relief because we will be eliminating all state taxes on Social Security,” Gov. Kelly said.

• “Our families will enjoy a doubling of the Childcare Dependent Care Tax Credit to $6 million, which will make a huge difference, I think, particularly for families with a lot of kids,” Kelly said.

• From her days as a Senator representing Kansas’ 18th Senate District to serving as governor, Kelly has been a strong advocate for the expansion of Medicaid… “There’s no good logical reason for not having expanded Medicaid,” Gov. Kelly said.

• Kansas’ decision not to expand Medicaid has forfeited over $7 billion in taxpayer money since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2014. “That just makes absolutely no sense and has really done some serious harm to our economy,” Gov. Kelly said.

• Kelly explained that when hospitals provide uncompensated care in emergency rooms, the most expensive place for healthcare, they have to charge other patients more to cover those costs.

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