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Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday offered a Medicaid expansion plan that would ask hospitals to provide funding and includesa work requirement — long a must-have item for many Republicans to support expansion. Kelly’s proposal marks an aggressive effort to win over Republican lawmakers who have opposed expansion in the past by putting forward a proposal designed to address their concerns about costs and expanding government aid. “We’re going a step further to meet Republicans in the middle, putting forward a plan that would cut healthcare costs, create jobs, and grow our economy —…

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