切罗基族长在为医疗补助扩大辩护后被禁止进入众议院. Cherokee Chief barred from House floor after defending Medicaid expansion.

俄克拉荷马州众议院发言人凯尔·希尔伯特宣布, 切罗基民族首席长官小查克霍斯金将不会被允许在众议员会议室再次发表讲话. Oklahoma House Speaker Kyle Hilbert announced that Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. will not be allowed to speak on the House floor again following his defense of Medicaid expansion. 霍斯金警告说, 切断该计划可能会伤害近25万俄克拉荷马人. The decision was made after Hoskin warned that cutting the program could harm nearly 250,000 Oklahomans. 共和党议员正在提出改变该计划的管理方式, Republican lawmakers are advancing proposals to change how the program is governed amid rising costs.