Kansas Rep. Davids Introduces Healthcare Package After ACA, Medicaid Cuts
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS) introduced a package of healthcare bills aimed at restoring expired ACA premium tax credits, raising the Medicare reimbursement cap for critical access hospitals, and protecting rural hospital services. The package would also let Medicare beneficiaries switch supplemental plans annually without pre-existing condition penalties, shield labor and delivery services at rural and tribal hospitals from federal cuts, redirect grants to clinics absorbing patients from closed facilities, and allow people with early-onset Alzheimer's to buy into Medicare. Davids said the 2025 federal reconciliation law cut Medicaid coverage for 92,000 Kansans and increased rural hospital closure risk. Passage depends on which party controls the U.S. House after the Nov. 3 election, and unaddressed provisions would need to be refiled next session.