Governor Sam Brownback is moving full speed ahead to overhaul the state’s $2.8 billion Medicaid program despite pleas from some to slow down. At a Statehouse news conference, Brownback said poor, elderly and disabled Kansans shouldn’t be fearful of the plan to have private insurance companies manage their care. But as Jim McLean of the KHI News Service reports, concerns about the plan appear to be growing across the state.
