Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly said Friday the bill granting Kansas Farm Bureau authority to sell health coverage exempted from state and federal regulation would become state law without her signature and linked the gesture to her desire for passage of a Medicaid expansion bill. Kelly's options were to veto, sign or permit the controversial bill to be enacted in accordance with wishes of the 2019 Legislature. The law allows the politically influential farm organization to market health policies that would fall short of federal standards of the Affordable Care Act...
