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Christine Osterlin

Christine Osterlin

Deputy Secretary of Agency Integration and Kansas Medicaid Director at Kansas Department of Health and Environment; experienced leader in Medicaid policy and operations with 26+ years of experience.

Jun 8, 2026

10:44
Christine, I wonder if we could turn to you and how have you experienced that tension? How do you manage it from the executive branch side?
10:55
Yeah, thanks for that question.
10:57
And it is hard.
10:58
I mean, you'd like to kind of sugarcoat it, but it really is difficult.
11:03
And it's difficult because the legislature is made up of people with a lot of different perspectives.
11:10
And whether that be you're a supporter of Medicaid expansion or you're not in support of Medicaid expansion, your district is rural versus urban.
11:20
And there's just...

8 MINS LATER

19:32
So love to hear your thoughts on that.

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