I believe we all agree that, for the health of Kansas, nothing is more important than education.
From Kathleen Sebelius
If your voices are not heard, you can be sure that many others will be - in particular those who are paid to present a point of view, and often do it most effectively.
We have by far the most expensive health system in the world. We spend 50 percent more per person than the next most costly nation. Americans spend more on health care than housing or food.
General Motors spends more on health care than steel.
But for us Democrats, Obamacare is a badge of honor. Because no matter who you are, what stage of life you're in, this law is a good thing.
Insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover Americans with pre-existing conditions. That's what change looks like.
And under Obamacare, insurance companies can no longer discriminate against women. Before, some wouldn't cover women's most basic needs, like contraception and maternity care, but would still charge us up to 50 percent more than men - for a worse plan.
Being a mother is no longer a liability, and being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition! That's what change looks like.
From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act.
I was governor of Kansas when Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts.
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