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THE IOLA REGISTER
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Monday, October 10, 2016
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Trump lets loose in 2nd debate WASHINGTON (AP) — His presidential campaign in peril, Donald Trump left no doubt he’ll spend the final weeks before the election dredging up decades-old sexual allegations against Hillary Clinton’s husband, even if it turns off voters whose support he desperately needs. Questioned at Sunday’s debate about his vulgar r e m a r k s about women, Trump accused Bill Clinton of Donald Trump having been “abusive to women” and said Hillary Clinton attacked those women “viciously.” He declared the Democratic nominee had “tremendous hate in her heart.” Clinton tried at times to take the high road, glossing over Trump’s charges and accusing him of trying to distract from his political troubles. “Anything to avoid talking about your campaign and the way it’s exploding,” she said. Indeed, Trump entered Sunday night’s debate facing enormous pressure from the Republican Party and even his own running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. Numerous Republicans revoked their support for Trump following the release of a 2005 video in which he is heard bragging about how his fame allowed him to “do anything” to women. House GOP lawmakers were expected to address Trump’s campaign in a rare, out-of-session conference call this morning. For voters appalled by Trump’s words, the businessman likely did little to ease their concerns. He denied he had kissed and groped women without their consent, dismissing his comments as “locker room” talk. But Trump’s intensely loyal supporters were likely to be energized by his vigorous criticism of Clinton. He labeled
Farm-City Days a fan favorite Among thousands of spectators at Saturday’s FarmCity Days parade was Jaxon Birk, eight-month-old son of Ashton and Brandon Birk, upper left. Above, Zane Graham, 9, and Ethan Graham, 8, eagerly eye the ice cream at Strickler’s Dairy on Sunday afternoon. At top right Josh Roe, an assistant secretary for the Kansas Department of Agriculture, talks about the role agriculture plays in supporting the state economy at Sunday’s farm tour. Tours at the dairy showed how it is a sustainable industry including the use of renewable energies. Scores of kids rode floats in Saturday’s parade, including those at right from Miss Chelsea’s Dance Academy. Below right, Roy Sparks, East Lynne, Mo., popped and sold Kettle Korn that found favor. REGISTER/BOB JOHNSON
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Experts press for Medicaid expansion in Kansas By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register
The need for Medicaid expansion took center stage in Iola Thursday. A series of speakers spelled out how Medicaid expansion — for Kansans, it’s called KanCare — would benefit rural communities, in particular Iola and Allen County. “They’re not talking about it in Topeka,” noted Sheldon Weisgrau, director of the Health Reform Resource Project. “That’s why we’re talking about it in Iola.” Weisgrau and other speakers, Thrive Allen County Executive Director David Toland, Allen County Regional Hospital Chief Executive Officer Tony Thompson, David Jordan of the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas and Iolan Su-
Panellists, from left: Sheldon Weisgrau, director of the Health Reform Resource Project; David Jordan from the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas; Iola resident Suzan Emmons; and Thrive Allen County Executive Director David Toland. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN zan Emmons spent more than an hour detailing how Medicaid expansion is vital to rural areas such as Allen County. The state’s reluctance to expand Medicaid — made possible through increased federal funding through the Affordable Care Act — has largely been political, Weisgrau said.
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And costly. He estimates the state has refused more than $1.4 billion in federal funds since Jan. 1, 2014. The increased funding would allow the state to provide health coverage to an additional 150,000 Kansans currently lumped in a “cover-
age gap,” Weisgrau explained. Those are residents who earn too much to qualify for the existing Medicaid program, but not enough to receive federal tax credits or subsidies to purchase health insurance on their own. Each day the state refuses to expand Medicaid, the state
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gives up $1.9 million a day, Weisgrau contended. Expanded Medicaid could be done without breaking the state budget, he continued. In fact, expansion would be, at worst, “budget neutral” because of the increased federal See KANCARE | Page A4
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