Survey: Public not OK with Medicaid cuts, Brownback and Legislature – Wichita Eagle

One health association hopes to use a new Kansas survey to build support for reversing recent cuts to Medicaid reimbursement rates.Gov. Sam Brownback cut Medicaid reimbursements by 4 percent for certain providers and up to 4.5 percent for nursing homes July 1.The Kansas Health Care Association, which represents health organizations, commissioned an online survey about attitudes from Kansans toward various health care-related issues, including the Medicaid cuts.The results showed overall disapproval — of the Medicaid cuts, as well as the performance of Gov. Sam Brownback and the Legislature. Members of the group plan to travel the state in late October, just before the November elections, to talk with voters and candidates about the cuts.“We understand people are concerned when they hear about possible closure of hospitals and other care facilities,” Eileen Hawley, spokeswoman for Brownback, said in an e-mail statement.In the statement, she went on to credit Brownback for …
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