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:

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:

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I can get my teeth fixed! I got my cataracts fixed! Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: My teeth would go bad! I would loose my eye sight!

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I was (briefly) able to get some dental services I needed. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: I was without any dental benefits for two years and one small cavity, untreated, has now completely destroyed it irreparably. It will have to be removed…

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: Well no glasses no teeth, I guess the rich can see and eat.

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 and I have both been able to go the dentist and eye doctor for the first time in years Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: My daughter who is in college will not be able to get regular eye check ups…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: The community I reside in has the worst health rating, poor oral health and families who need all these services. Plus there are very few jobs poor economy and losing what few business that have been here for years. A sad time in Perry Co Ky. Please tell us how eliminating these…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: My children get their teeth cleaned & any problem taken care of every six months. Two of my children also wear contacts & glasses Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: My kids would not be able to have good dental care & would…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Luckily I donÍt need transportation assistance and I had just gotten my eyes examined the week before I lost my benefits. But not having dental is really awful. Dental health can affect a personÍs overall health. If neglected, it can become a much more expensive issue. This will only end up costing…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Luckily I donÍt need transportation assistance and I had just gotten my eyes examined the week before I lost my benefits. But not having dental is really awful. Dental health can affect a personÍs overall health. If neglected, it can become a much more expensive issue. This will only end up costing…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Luckily I donÍt need transportation assistance and I had just gotten my eyes examined the week before I lost my benefits. But not having dental is really awful. Dental health can affect a personÍs overall health. If neglected, it can become a much more expensive issue. This will only end up costing…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: When I had no car I was able to call transportation for all of mine my husbands and my 5 children to go to all of our apt even in Lexington or West Virginia. Also getting glasses is not possible for me with no vision also dental I would not have access…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: My parents are Family practice doctors. They have been on the front line of caring for people both of means and those who have nothing. In Appalachia public transportation is severely unavailable. The ability to drive, see and eat. Are quite frankly necessary to function here and across the state in rural…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: For the first time in over 5 years, I was able to see a dentist when a crown recently broke. It was essential„ just as much as if I had broken my arm. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: If these benefits are…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Access to standard medical care helps eliminate high priced emergencies. Uncorrected vision could lead to accidents, poor dental care could lead to medical conditions and reduce employability 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: Does the Governor have dental and vision insurance? My Handicap daughter deserve it!!! My daughter has Williams Syndrome. She was born this way. It’s imperative she has Dental care and Medical care& transportation!!!! Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: I would have to…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Our family of three relies on Medicaid coverage. My husband is a full time medical student and I am a full time caregiver to our two year old, thus we have no income and are relying on student loans to get by Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you,…

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:

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: If it wasnÍt for dental and vision would be able to work to the best of their ability. As for transportation a lot of people would not be working because thatÍs their only way to get to work. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: My step son has rotten teeth I think we went 15 times in the last 2 years. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: I wear glasses and I cant afford them let alone for ins not to pay for my yearly screening. 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 wouldnÍt be able to afford to see a dentist or get the glasses I need in order to work, drive, or do anything where my vision is needed without full coverage Medicaid Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Governments are there to…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: My grand-daughter used to be able to get her glasses when she needed them (she needs to be able to see to be able to work) and my sister had a way to go to her doctor appointments (which she NEEDS to stay alive as she has several serious health problems). Please…

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:

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: There is no way my family member would be able to go to the dentist or get glasses without this program. People cannot stop going to the dentist when they turn 65! Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Dental health is closely tied…

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 who is physically handicapped. On occasions when he has been out of work he has depended on Medicaid. Much of my professional work has been with poor families whose resources are limited and dental care can be expensive. See next response. Please tell us how eliminating 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 receive all of my health benefits through medicaid, including free birth control. I utilize my medicaid services for yearly papa smears and routine checkups. I am currently a student with little to no income, so medicaid provides me with the opportunity to be attentive to my health and overall well-being. Please…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: My first cousin was HIV postive due to his former wifeÍs drug abuse. He has worked all his life remodeling homes. Medicaid saved his life b/c he could not afford the premiums for even a sketchy 80/20 policy. At 58 he is losing his teeth. He canÍt afford the needed dental bridge…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: A healthier community means that people have jobs and unemployment remains low in addition to children being able to go to school. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Eliminating these benefits will make the cycle of poverty that includes health, jobs, education -…

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:

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: It should be obvious that healthy citizens can contribute to the economy Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: This will affect the poor most of all , the most vulnerable.

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: My family has benefited from the dental and vision care because he could not afford and other coverage Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: By eliminating these benefits my family would be without coverage

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Wellness health has made it possible for my child to live a more healthy life Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: We won’t be able to provide these health care

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:

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Our income level makes eye-care and dental care very difficult to keep up. Thanks to Medicaid our four children were able to have their teeth cleaned regularly, learn about the importance of dental care, and have minor problems repaired. Medicaid also made it possible to have our children’s eyes examined. An eye…

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: Needed care may be put off.

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I know of many people who have benefited. Our state should not be going backward on providing this help for those who need it. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: It would affect many low-income people in Danville. Kentucky is behind many other…

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: People who need these benefits are some of the most vulnerable in this state. Removing those benefits for them would just be cruel.

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I was able to use both benefits this year for some much needed services I have not been able to previously afford. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: I would no longer have access to dental and vision.

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 with several hard-working single mothers whose families are on Medicaid. They have many things to worry about in their lives, but I see that they have access to health care, and that is one less thing to worry about. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: some people do not have access to transportation for basic health care needs Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: It will affect the community that is already suffering. It will make it worse. People will need to pick between food, shelter and health…