Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Cancer screening rates have improved dramatically in our patient population since the ACA was implemented. Control of hypertension and diabetes A1c rates have likewise improved as the most vulnerable population in our state has had access to basic primary care in the last 4 years. As these most vulnerable again become disenfranchised,…

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: My brother would probably end up in a terrible situation.

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: As the dental services manager for Shawnee Christian Healthcare Center I can say that the surrounding community has been positively effected by Medicaid dental coverage and access to quality care. Kids are missing less school, adults are going back to work, and the community at large is healthier by having infections treated…

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 dentist at a Kentucky public health clinic and the majority of the patients I treat receive Medicaid coverage. The oral health needs in Kentucky are many and taking away dental coverage takes away the opportunity to improve the overall health of our population. 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: So many underprivileged people were able to receive dental care, have eye screenings, and have transportation to their medical appts. Dentists are very expensive but so important for your health, therefore this was a tremendous help to people who cannot afford dental care. Also not everyone can afford the expense of having/keeping…

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 update my glasses prescription for the first time in two decades. My husband received updated lenses. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: I don’t drive, so should my “medically frail” husband fall ill, or need a ride to a…

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 as well as our patients in our local community cannot afford dental or vision benefits on the low wages that are paid in the state of KY . Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Our disabled as well as patients that…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: There had been more preventive medicine which keeps people healthier and keeps the costs of medical services down in the long run. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Many in my community live on the margins. Without assistance, they and their children will…

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 the retired CEO of a clinic in Eastern KY where dental care was provided. Dental care had a major impact on the health of Medicaid beneficiaries. I believe it improved children’s school performance. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Adequate dental…

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: My Sister had to quit her job to provide care for four children ages nine months to 11 years old while their mother is in jail for drugs without this benefit they would have gone bankrupt

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: We donÍt have enough money to pay Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: The kids donÍt have access to this benefit

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 those who are living with HIV/AIDS and their dental needs are very crucial to their overall well-being. People living with HIV/AIDS already have a daily battle of fighting off other virus and an infected tooth or gums could end up being a life or death situation for them especially…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: We have two cleanings a year, and vision check ups, my youngest daughter needs her vision benefits for glasses Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: If no benefits then kids won’t be able to get proper dental cleanings and vision checks

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: I cannot drive a car anymore. I have MS. Without transportation assistance, I can’t go anywhere! Not to the dentist, not to the eye doctor, who monitors my eye pressure for glaucoma, not to my neurologist, not to my primary care doctor, who monitors my high blood pressure and cholesterol, (I don’t…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Kentuckians with substance use disorders are able to access needed treatment. People without health insurance have been diagnosed and treated for serious health conditions. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Dental and vision services are necessary to keep individuals healthy, to detect early…

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: Total health of a person depend on these services. More money may be needed if these services are not covered. That could become more of a tax burden long term.

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 federally qualified healthcare center that provides dental services. When our patients can get needed treatments and preventive car services they are healthier and costs are lower than waiting until the dental or vision issue becomes a crisis, and the individual accesses the emergency room where costs are at…

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 Nurse Practitioner. Many specialty providers are not readily accessible in our area. If pts cannot have transportation to Louisville or other medical Mecca locations their overall health will suffer Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: If overall health suffers, then…

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 people who will be affected by these benefit cuts and it will make their struggle harder if this service is not in our communities. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: The agency I work for would have to find other…

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 teacher. In my county we have over 10,000 children on Medicaid. If students do not have access to health care then they miss school. When they miss school, they miss learning opportunities. Poor health and poor education leads to poor or lack of employment opportunities. It’s a fierce cycle…

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: Puts me at risk every time I drive and a person who needs glasses and doesn’t have them. Puts children at risk of ignorance and failure if they can’t see the chalkboard, read papers, do homework.

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Not at all but concerned for community Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Mire ER visits for dental psi for our community

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: having dental care has helped my aunt with her tooth decay and pain she has been suffering with. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: not having dental care affects peoples health. People die from tooth pain!

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: We have not- w have always paid out of pocket for All and I expect itehrs to do the same Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: It would caus others to take responsibility for themselves and their families as opposed to putting the…

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 has benefited due to more people receiving preventative treatment and less burden on emergency rooms. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: The elimination of these benefits will negatively affect the community by pushing more people to the visit the emergency room…

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 nurse for White House Clinics in McKee. My patients live in a very rural area and have benefited greatly by having Medicaid coverage that allowed them to go to dental and vision exams and had it not been for transportation to get them their health would be jeopardized greatly….

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Most of the community is not able to afford transportation to or from their medical appointment. The medical transportation take the burned off having to figure out if I have a way to my medical appointment I need to keep up with my health. Dental care is important just as medical appointment….

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: It will make the KY budget more sustainable

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: It increases care for the low income population. Transportation is a big barrier. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Decrease quality of life.

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 not benefited from these services, however the patient population that I work with uses these services frequently. Those who are medically compromised need access to all forms of care in order to keep their entire body healthy. Dental issues have been proven to be a cause for heart problems…

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 think it is a good change. It is not being cut (as far as I understand) for people who can not work. The $3 co-pay is not too much to ask for, as working members have…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Our community is a very rural and poor area in Ky. The children here need dental care that their family can afford or receive. The children should not be the ones to suffer for adults inability to work or provide for them. Our elderly and medically febile people need assistance to have…

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 diabetic and therefore vision coverage is very important to me. I have also had dental issues that I am currently seeing a dentist for and have an upcoming appointment to fix the problem. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: We…

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 community members who were able to get to their medical appointments because of the Medicaid Transportation system. With out the transportation so many people would not have the means to get to their much needed medical appointments. Dental and Vision benefits are very critical to so many Medicaid recipients….

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: See my previous answer. Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: For the population I serve, it could me undiagnosed Opportunistic Infections, untreated HIV due to lack of transportation, and therefore an increase in new infections in the 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: My community would suffer as women and childrenÍs needs will not be met. A true leader ensures that the people he represents have their needs met and flourish under his/her watch. This governor does not seem to…

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Vision, dental and transportation assistance can be preventative care and detect major medical problems before they are exacerbated. In the grand scheme of all things healthcare, this coverage is cheap and can reap big overall savings in the long run. 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: Any barriers to access for care will harm citizens in Kentucky. How can we be a thriving Commonwealth when people have impaired vision or rotting teeth? How can people work, stay healthy and be productive when they can’t see or are experiencing horrendous tooth pain? This policy seems extremely shortsighted – pun…

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: Many low income will be hurt with these changes. Shame on them for being cruel to the less fortunate. They need to have their perks eliminated and have to like their fellow citizens.

Please tell us how you, your family or your community has benefited from Medicaid coverage for dental care, vision care, and transportation assistance: Medical benefits should be a right not a privilege Please tell us how eliminating these benefits would affect you, your family, or your community: Reducing such benefits reduces wellness in the community.