Protestors dump bloody-looking 'hospital bills' targeting Kansas senators on Medicaid [View all]

TOPEKA -- Demonstrators flooded the Kansas Capitol on Friday with thousands of bloody-looking paper “hospital bills” targeting senators over Medicaid expansion.

The protest came as lawmakers who support expansion prepare to mount a last-ditch effort to advance the plan by attempting to block passage of the state budget.

The fliers drifted down the rotunda like confetti and covered the floor as lawmakers, lobbyists and visitors looked on.

On one side, they featured a photo of a senator who didn’t support a procedural vote earlier this week to advance Medicaid expansion with red splotches that looked like blood. The other side was a “bill” listing senators as patients stamped “past due.”

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