• Ky. governor cancels Medicaid dental, vision benefits after losing work ruling
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http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/395155-kentucky-governor-cancels-medicaid-dental-vision-benefits-after-losing Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s (R) administration is canceling dental and vision benefits for thousands of people on Medicaid in the state following a judge blocking the state’s Medicaid work requirements. The cancellation of dental and vision coverage for almost 500,000 enrollees in the state’s Medicaid expansion is “an unfortunate consequence of the judge's ruling,” Doug Hogan, a spokesman for the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, told the Louisville Courier-Journal. Democrats denounced the move and said they did not think Bevin had the legal authority to cancel the benefits. “He said he wants to take dental and vision coverage away,” Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), said Monday at a press conference. “We don't think that's legal either.” Under Bevin’s Medicaid proposal, along with work requirements, enrollees would have had to earn dental and vision benefits through completing activities like taking classes or searching for a job. With the proposal blocked in court, Bevin’s administration is now canceling dental and vision benefits altogether. The court ruling on Friday was a major setback for Bevin’s proposal and for the Trump administration’s efforts to allow states to impose Medicaid work requirements more broadly. U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg ruled that the Trump administration did not adequately consider the coverage losses that would result from approving the work requirements, and that omission runs counter to furthering the program’s goal of providing health insurance. Bevin has threatened to cancel the state’s Medicaid expansion altogether if the work requirements are struck down. Friday’s ruling can be appealed, though, so the issue is not fully resolved. This is as petty as what the Georgia state gov did when Delta stopped the NRA discount, but peoples' lives will be worse off this time.
I see that R next to his name and it doesnt surprise me
Was honestly just about to say the same. Typical (R) “fuck the poor” play
What? No! You could literally just NOT do that, you're the one controlling it! You're the one who caused it!
it always is boggling when GOP guys insist so hard on killing Medicaid, despite the sheer amount of their voters who depend on it on the flip side, while GOP voters seemingly don't care about immigrant kids getting all fucked up, I'm pretty sure they're gonna be pretty fuckin pissed about their kids getting their benefits removed
Probably not, they’ve blame the Dems or completely accept it since Republicans can do no wrong.
so the court ruled it was not legal to impose work requirements for coverage so they just scrap the coverage alltogether... ya that doesn't seem like something a judge or court might take issue with. this is exactly why we need a court system that isn't stacked with federalist society zombies.
Oh I've got an upcoming article that's a real doozy.
Poor voters don't win elections.
Under Bevin’s Medicaid proposal, along with work requirements, enrollees would have had to earn dental and vision benefits through completing activities like taking classes or searching for a job. How about we stop toying with people's lives with this asinine 'you gotta want it, earn it!' game, painting an entire class of Americans too poor to afford basic care as just some lazy wastrels who just needs a good kick in the ass to get them all squared away.
Instead of threatening people like Maxine Waters its shitheap political figures such as this guy which deserve to be on the receiving end of angry mob demands and intimidation for a change. Fucking disgusting.
Taxation is theft when it's needed to pay for shit like healthcare and education, while tax breaks get offered out the wazoo to the already rich. Then you have people like this sentient heap of diarrhea playing the sour grapes card because his other crappy proposal was rejected by the electorate. I'm fairly sure this sort of shit should begin to count for a crime, and that this fellow should be seized by the public and thrown into a prison the next time he appears on a stage.
You know how I would've guessed a Republican did this, even if it hadn't mentioned it in the article? It sounds straight out of a fucking cartoon, that's how.
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