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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKoch-Owned Kansas Covered Budget Deficit By Tossing Disabled People Off Medicaid
And now this news out of Kansas. In order to handle the greater-than-expected deficit, Brownback tossed severely disabled people off Kansas' privatized Medicaid program.
ThinkProgress:
Since Brownbacks inauguration, 1,414 Kansans with disabilities have been forced off of the Medicaid physical disability (PD) waiver. In January of 2013, Brownback became the first governor to fully privatize Medicaid services, claiming he would save the state $1 billion in 5 years without having to cut services, eligibility, or provider payments. Now, under Brownbacks KanCare, PD waiver cases are handled by for-profit, out-of-state, Fortune 500, publicly-traded managed care services. Kansas has contracts with three managed care profiteers United Healthcare, Sunflower State Health Plan (owned by Centene Corporation), and AmeriGroup. Amerigroup and Centene each gave $2,000, Kansas maximum allowed contribution, to Brownbacks re-election campaign.
They wanted to cut my full-time care hours by 76 percent, which all three of my doctors said was totally unrealistic, said Finn Bullers, a disability rights advocate who suffers from muscular dystrophy, uses a wheelchair, has type 1 insulin-dependent diabetes, and requires a ventilator in his throat to breathe. Essentially, they wanted three out of every four hours to go away.
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)the wagon in Kansas. And to think these asshole get reelected. Must be Obama's fault.
onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)Why the fuck do they keep voting for this shit?
RKP5637
(67,032 posts)when that does happen, they vote with brainwashed brains. It is absolutely pathetic. Kansas is a nice place to be from as in gone. I don't think there is any hope for Kansas, it's way too far over the cliff with generational stupidity when it comes to voting for what is best for them.
onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)A lot of states have a lot of ignorant ppl but Kansas probably takes the cake.
RKP5637
(67,032 posts)lead the pack. His platform for the first election as governor (Brownback) was Kansas was going to lead the US in how a state and the US should be run. It was also rumored or in fact stated, he would make a run for president of the US. Pretty clear now how flawed the TeaBagger state is in the great rebirth they planned for themselves and then for all of the US.
onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)We can never allow one of these tea hag/ Bircher types to get in the WH. It would be the biggest disaster of our time. They are only 50 seats from getting control of the house of reps.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)money. I don't know if there is anything the advocates for the disabled can do but I hope they try.
project_bluebook
(411 posts)the satanist crap balls will do anything to appease their master.
sakabatou
(42,083 posts)Oh yea, "die quickly."
Dustlawyer
(10,493 posts)He will show you some REAL STUPID, just give him a chance! There is something special about this one, mark my words! Perry is just what we call, just flat stupid. Abbott is more of a sneaky, hard-hearted stupid, a weasal if you will.
I do have to give Kansas credit for Brownback. I would put him up against some of our worst idiot RW politicians. He would fit in well here in Texas.
tridim
(45,358 posts)He already knows that he can do anything he wants and still get elected, so why change?
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)hfojvt
(37,573 posts)has the state actually saved ANY money with this privatization. Bronwback SAID it would, but HAS it?
In this case, the Greedy Old Party does not really care about saving tax dollars as much as it cares about lining corporate pockets.