Gov. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., vetoed a measure to expand the state's Medicaid program under the ACA Thursday, Star Tribune reports.
Here are three things to know about the move.
1. In a veto statement, Gov. Brownback said the bill would hamper the state with "unrestrainable entitlement costs." He also said the proposed expansion would attend to "able-bodied" residents over "the truly vulnerable."
2. The expansion proposal garnered strong bipartisan support and passed by nearly a two-thirds majority in the state legislature. Kansas senators voted in favor of expanding Medicaid Tuesday following Congressional Republicans' decision to pull their repeal and replacement bill from the House floor March 24.
3. However, state legislators in favor of the bill were short on the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto, and tabled the effort, WIBW reports. Kansas legislators will have up to 30 days to hold an override vote.
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