In Ky., Bevin Issues Ultimatum To Feds On Medicaid Expansion

Gov. Matt Bevin tells the the federal Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services that if his plan is not approved there will be no expansion at all. Meanwhile, in Louisiana, health officials report that more than 220,000 have enrolled in the state's expanded low-income health insurance program.

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin today issued an ultimatum to the federal government, saying that if CMS refuses to accept his plan for Medicaid expansion there will be no expansion at all. Kentucky wants to revamp its Obamacare program by tightening benefits and refusing coverage to those who don’t pay new monthly premiums it plans to charge. Bevin announced the proposal at a news conference. (Pradhan, 6/22)

Louisiana Department of Health officials had enrolled more than 220,000 people into the state's Medicaid expansion as of 9 a.m. Wednesday (June 22), with 9,000 of those people coming from the food stamp rolls. (Litten, 6/22)

And Connecticut hopes to ease the transition for people who will be moving off of Medicaid —

Some 14,000 low-income parents will lose their state-sponsored Medicaid health insurance coverage Aug. 1, so Connecticut’s health care insurance exchange held an enrollment fair Wednesday to help them find a replacement plan. Nobody came. "We gotta get the word out there," said Debra Eastman, assistant manager of storefronts and community enrollment partner sites for Access Health CT. (Constable, 6/22)

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