The Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee is currently making changes to the proposal, which was advanced Governor Steve Beshear and already approved by the state House of Representatives.
The proposal also called for the state to contract with private firms beginning next year to provide certain Medicaid services, according to the report.
Gov. Beshear previously warned that failure to pass the fund-transfer legislation could lead to $600 million in cuts to the state’s Medicaid program. Republicans have been wary of the legislation, saying it amounts to “robbing Peter to pay Paul” according to the report.
Read the Bloomberg Busienssweek report on Kentucky Medicaid.
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