Beshear Announces $255M to Block Medicaid Cuts for Kentucky Recipients
Advocates say the cut would deepen waitlists and threaten access as nearly 19,000 people await waiver services, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced he will reverse a 4% Medicaid provider cut by applying $255 million in surplus and unexpected tax revenue to prevent the reduction scheduled for August 1.
- The Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services notified providers in June of the 4% reduction, citing insufficient funding within House Bill 500 to maintain existing reimbursement levels for the fiscal year.
- Kentuckians with disabilities and their advocates rallied in Frankfort on Friday, July 17, pleading with elected officials to protect the waiver services that help families remain in their homes.
- Republican House Speaker David Osborne criticized the announcement, accusing Beshear of "crying wolf" and managing Medicaid through political theater rather than transparent, accountable governance.
- While this funding fix secures services for the current fiscal year, Beshear acknowledged the General Assembly must address longer-term Medicaid sustainability during next year's legislative session.
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"It's important to me": Owensboro nonprofit reacts to Medicaid cuts reversal
OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEHT) — Organizations in Kentucky may not have to worry about Medicaid cuts this year. Nonprofits like Wendell Foster are breathing a sigh of relief after Governor Andy Beshear announces a reversal on what some are calling a 'funding gap.' The planned 4% cut on Medicaid reimbursements has been reversed after Beshear says [...]
Kentuckians with disabilities, advocates say looming 4 percent Medicaid cut is a ‘threat’
Dozens of Kentuckians with disabilities and their loved ones and advocates came to Frankfort Friday and pleaded with elected officials to find a way to protect the services they receive through Medicaid waivers.
Gov. Beshear to use budget surplus, unexpected funding to reverse cuts to Medicaid, senior meals | NewsRadio 1230 AM/99.3 FM | Hopkinsville's News Leader | Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Due to an unexpected inflow of state dollars, Governor Andy Beshear announced Wednesday that he intends to use that surplus to avoid what he calls cuts to Kentucky Medicaid program and other programs. The influx of state funds is reportedly made available through an unbudgeted $476 million budget surplus and an ‘unexpected amount’ of corporate income tax payments, which were over $350 million. Following passage of the state budget by the Kentuc…
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