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Defending Dreamers’ Access to Health Care Services
... for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that allows Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients (or “dreamers”) to access health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). DACA was implemented in 2012 to protect eligible individuals brought to the U.S. as children from deportation. The CMS rule allows DACA recipients to enroll in health insurance plans through ACA marketplaces and to receive certain subsidies to make coverage affordable, improving public health outcomes by ...
Poll: 72% of Kansans back Medicaid reform stalled by GOP legislators since 2017
... expansion of eligibility for Medicaid in a statewide survey also indicating nine in 10 registered voters believe a candidate’s position on health care influenced votes at the polls. Kansas is among a dozen states declining to broaden access among lower-income people to affordable health coverage under Medicaid. Expansion legislation in Kansas was vetoed in 2017 by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and the GOP-led Senate blocked ...
Recent poll finds Kansas voters approve of Medicaid expansion
... 10, it released a poll that shows strong support among registered voters in the Sunflower State for increased and protected access to affordable health coverage. It said 72% favor expansions of KanCare - the state’s Medicaid program - and 46% strongly support it. The poll also found that ... voters supporting the move. According to ACS CAN, the poll found about 87% of voters in the Sunflower State said a candidate’s position on health care is important to them when deciding on who to vote for. It noted that 40% said a candidate’s position is very important to them. Around 82% ...
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