Mar 22 2012
Gov. Sam Brownback's plan to move recipients into managed care has drawn controversy, even from fellow Republicans.
Kansas Health Institute News: Senate Committee Endorses KanCare Oversight Bill
The Senate Ways and Means Committee today endorsed a bill that would create a joint legislative committee to oversee the implementation of KanCare, Gov. Sam Brownback's plan to move virtually all the state's Medicaid beneficiaries into managed care plans. ... [Sens.] Vratil and McGinn are among the 22 senators who signed a resolution earlier this month, urging the governor to delay KanCare's start by six months (Ranney, 3/20).
Also in Medicaid news --
Kaiser Health News: Two (Very Different) Miami Hospitals Prepare For Health Law's Medicaid Expansion
The University of Miami's hospital is owned by a well-endowed private university. Jackson is the massive public safety net hospital that provides the most charity care in town-;more than $450 million in uncompensated care last year, fifteen times as much as the university hospital (Mack, 3/20).
This article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente. |