Wednesday, August 10, 2011

KANSAS RETURNS OBAMACARE GRANT



Tue Aug 9, 2011 6:22pm EDT
  
* Kansas governor sends back "early innovator" HHS grant
* Brings returned grants amount to some $90 million

* HHS likely would have to set up Kansas exchange


By Alina Selyukh

WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Kansas became on Tuesday the second U.S. state to return a large federal grant meant to help it create a prototype health insurance exchange as part of the Obama administration's healthcare overhaul.

Republican Governor Sam Brownback said the state would give back the $31.5 million it received from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to become an early leader, along with six other states, in establishing health insurance exchanges that other local government could use as a model.

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