Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I have benefits from dental and vision by using the coverage that was available to me. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: My dental and vision health will decline rapidly with the diseases i have.

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: My husband wears glasses full time, he cannot see without them… we need this coverage because his glasses costs over $300 Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Everyone deserves this coverage… EVERYONE!!! We shouldnÍt be singled out just because we donÍt make as…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I’ve Always tried to take care of my teeth. Now, that I don’t have dental coverage, I can no longer see a dentist. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: It effects everyone on Medicaid

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I had a cracked tooth. By having coverage I was able to save my tooth. If I didn’t have medicaid I would have lost my tooth. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: I know many on Medicaid, including myself. I don’t how I…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I couldnÍt afford these services for years. After receiving these benefits, I was able to get glasses and have dental work completed. I was told by my optician that it was not legal for me to drive without glasses. I also had several bad teeth removed. These services allowed me to work…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Many children were able to receive hospital care where I worked because of Medicaid. Also many vulnerable adults were able to access treatment with KCHIP. Now that benefits are being taken away I fear more mental health issues that will directly effect our community which is already in a substance abuse crisis….

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Its a very important to your health. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Unable to get eyes seen effects a lot.

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: I have glocouma open range I would be able to go keep close check on my eyes I would go blind if I couldn’t get help for my eyes and I have to go every 6 months…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Dental and vision care are part of health care! Without proper dental care health can be dramatically affected. Poor dental health is strongly linked to heart health and other major systems. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: We would be unable to get…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Cause dental care is important to your health also Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: I wouldnÍt have dental or vision coverage. That would mean bad oral hygiene and not to be able to have your eyes tested

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: If patients do not have access to transport their health will deteriorate and be more of a burden monetarily and it is morally an obligation to take care of those who cannot take care of themselves. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Poor…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I have a son born with a medical condition called hemophilia with no cure insight. The dental, vision and transportation services have been extremely important and beneficial to him through out his life. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Preventiable care covered under…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I see how many children who would go without if not for these services. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: I work in a school so I see many poverty stricken kids and they shouldnÍt suffer because their parents or care givers canÍt…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: It has helped us in getting and paying for needed services. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Our health care expenses would increase significantly.

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: It helped me in regard to some dental care I needed. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: It would create a greater financial burden on us.

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I had transportation for my self and my mom through Medicaid my mother is in a mobile wheelchair and I have seizures and can’t drive Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: If the transportation is gone me and my mother won’t be able…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: To get them to appts when IÍm not able to or when my car is broke down. So they can have the correct glasses to see properly. Dental care is highly expensive. Good teeth help disgetion which…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I work in a community that needs these services. I don’t believe any of them are taking advantage of the program and getting greedy or misusing this program. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community:

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I am a registered nurse and many of my patients depend on Medicaid for dental care, vision care, and transportation. Without it their lives will be negatively impacted to say the least. Recently one of my patients went to a dental appointment for an accessed tooth and was told that he no…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I have 3 children who are covered under traditional SSI medicaid, while myself and another child are covered under expanded Medicaid. Without this coverage, the two of us on expanded Medicaid would have no way of obtaining dental and vision care. We are both in need of both services Please tell us…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: It’s quite expensive for me to obtain glasses and dental care since I am part-time and my husband is self employed Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: I would not be able to get the appropriate care I need.

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Quality of life is much better with transportation assistance, vision and dental care. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Bad vision, rotten teeth and no way to doctor appointments so lots of health concerns!!!

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: My boys need to see the dentist on a regular basis. Now I cannot afford glasses for my child. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Many in my community will not be able to see to do their school work.

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: My daughter is under 18 and has benefited greatly for the extra care. She will still need care once she’s legally independent. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Dental and vision are part of overall health. They are essential parts of the body…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Been a tremendous help for my children and myself. We have suffered vision loss and dental issues. I could not afford these services. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: If they eliminate coverage, I can not afford dental and vision on my own….

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: I can’t drive without glasses. So if I get well enough to go back to work I can’t drive to go look for work.

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: When my son was younger and on Medicaid these benefits helped him get glasses and dental care when I couldn’t afford to get these for him despite working full time Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: I know several working families who need…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Able to receive needed care Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Will go without care even though I work 40 hrs a week

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: My community and I have been in the process of applying for Medicaid coverage for dental care and vision care. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Not being able to receive these benefits would stretch our budget so much that some of us…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Because I am a single parent and these 3 things are very important to me and my childrrn

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Vision testing for child and parent caregiver, Mom. Dental check up for both also, preventive Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Families without Medicaid vision and dental will suffer whereas poor dental health leads to other health problems.

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Son is going through major dental repairs now. And I am needing Lazer on my eye after cataract surgery. Along with failing eye sight. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: My family wouldn’t be able to afford dental or vision

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: My teeth are horrible, without dental care I cant afford dental coverage Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community:

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I am able to drive because WITHOUT glasses I can’t see and if I couldn’t see I couldn’t drive to work everyday. Not working, well we know that leads to homelessness. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: WITHOUT vision coverage I wouldn’t be…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I’m able to get me and my son to our appointments. I have doctors three hours away I see once a month. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: I would lose my mental health services with out transportation. And my vision would suffer…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Dental care is important and should be a right to everyone. Why is the United States so far behind, when other countries such as Canada have free service? Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: These people will be denied benefits and not have…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Medicaid funds have improved the economic situation of our Hospitals and Health Care Providers. We would not have a hospital in Morehead if Medicaid did not exist! Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community:

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: People without transportation are able to get to the doctor when they may otherwise not be able to. Dental ans vision are also very important for people to take care of and they need these services for their overall health. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family,…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Cause we need it in our community Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Well we need these benefits for our family and kids cause people needs their eyes check and vision so we need these benefits

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I am totally disabled, I need this coverage, my eyes are bad Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: It would be terrible, Kentucky doesn’t have expanded Medicaid, we need it !!