Health law advocates ask US officials to reject Bevin's Medicaid cuts
Claiming the state's abrupt cuts to Medicaid dental and vision services are illegal, health law advocates have asked federal officials to reject the changes enacted July 1 by the administration of Gov. Matt Bevin.
The cuts were made without sufficient public notice or a 30-day period of public comment required by federal law, three public interest law groups said in a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees state Medicaid programs.
Further, the cuts to dental, vision and also non-emergency medical transportation services appear to violate a June 29 court order striking down Bevin's plan to overhaul the state Medicaid program and add new rules including work requirements and premiums, the letter said.
"The court expressly intended to maintain the status quo," said the letter from the National Health Law Program, the Kentucky Equal Justice Center and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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