As governor, Beshear issued executive orders to expand the state’s Medicaid program and establish kynect, a state-operated exchange where people can purchase private health insurance plans with the help of a federal subsidy.
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According to Beshear, the mission of his new counter-organization is simple: “Right now, every single Kentuckian, for the first time in history, has access to affordable health care”, he said.
Bevin’s spokeswoman Jessica Ditto sent IL a statement regarding Beshear’s new organization, accusing the former governor of promoting himself while Bevin cleans up a mess he left behind. The survey, based on 500 interviews a day for almost a year, attributed the decline to Kentucky’s expanded Medicaid program and its state-based exchange.
Governor Matt Bevin says those programs are too expensive and not sustainable.
Last year, Bevin campaigned on dismantling Kynect and either repealing or significantly altering Medicaid expansion, and he is beginning to work on doing just that.
Former Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear is launching a very public fight against the man who replaced him.
But Bevin claims the state exchange is a “redundancy” that provides “no added value” and says the state simply can’t afford the growing Medicaid rolls.
He said no one who has purchased a qualified health plan through kynect will see any change in coverage this year and will be able to purchase new coverage next year through the federal exchange. He cites three independent studies which came to that conclusion.
“I was able to undergo treatment for cancer because I had coverage, and I didn’t have to worry about whether or not I’d have to feed my family or get treatment, or pay my electric bill or get treatment”, said Deis.
“It’s easy from the outside to sit there and point to studies paid for with other people’s money that are absolutely baloney and say that is reason enough for the actual keeping of whatever it is that somebody would like”, Bevin said. They can pay for partisan political ads, but only as a secondary activity. “So far we’ve heard no evidence because, quite honestly, there is no evidence of that”, Beshear said. Asked if Save Kentucky Healthcare would enter the fray of election campaigns, Beshear said “there are a lot of options of what they can be involved in”. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.
“Politically, I think it should have been more of an issue in the campaign”, said Luallen.
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The website also includes an online petition, urging the public “to let Matt Bevin know you want smart, sensible health care policy in the state of Kentucky”.
