Governor Kelly announces the Governor’s Council on Medicaid Expansion
Today, Governor Laura Kelly announced the Governor’s Council on Medicaid Expansion. This Council of legislators, policy experts, advocates, stakeholders and community leaders will spearhead the Medicaid expansion efforts in the 2020 legislative session.
The members of the Council and their current positions are listed below:
Tom Bell – President and CEO, Kansas Hospital Association
Sen. Ed Berger – State Senator, District 34
Rep. Susan Concannon – State Representative, District 107
Denise Cyzman – CEO, Community Care Network of Kansas
Ximena Garcia M.D., Community Health Advocate
Cathy Harding – President and CEO, Wyandotte Health Foundation
Rep. Don Hineman – State Representative, District 118
April Holman – Executive Director, Alliance for a Healthy Kansas
Dave Kerr, former president of the Kansas Senate
Kyle Kessler – Executive Director, Association of Community Mental Health Centers
Sen. Carolyn McGinn – State Senator, District 31
Rep. Monica Murnan – State Representative, District 3
Dr. Lee Norman – Secretary, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
David K. Livingston – CEO, Aetna Better Health of Kansas
Sen. Pat Pettey – State Senator, District 6
Rep. Jason Probst – State Representative, District 102
Jerry Slaughter – Interim Executive Director, Kansas Medical Society
Kevin Sparks – CEO, United Health Community Plan for Kansas
Michael Stephens – President and CEO, Sunflower Health Plan
Sen. Gene Suellentrop – State Senator, District 27
Suzanne Wikle – Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Law and Social Policy
Rep. Kathy Wolfe Moore – State Representative, District 36