1.0Kentucky Voices for Healthhttps://kyvoicesforhealth.orgKelly Taulbeehttps://kyvoicesforhealth.org/author/kelly-taulbee/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="T7gHF3rMyO"><a href="https://kyvoicesforhealth.org/commenters-on-kentuckys-proposed-barriers-to-medicaid-coverage-are-over-20-to-1-against-re-approval/">Commenters on Kentucky’s Proposed Barriers to Medicaid Coverage Are Over 20 to 1 Against Re-approval</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://kyvoicesforhealth.org/commenters-on-kentuckys-proposed-barriers-to-medicaid-coverage-are-over-20-to-1-against-re-approval/embed/#?secret=T7gHF3rMyO" width="600" height="338" title="“Commenters on Kentucky’s Proposed Barriers to Medicaid Coverage Are Over 20 to 1 Against Re-approval” — Kentucky Voices for Health" data-secret="T7gHF3rMyO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Following a federal court order to send Kentucky’s proposed barriers to Medicaid back to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a 30 day comment period was held during which time 11,561 comments were submitted. Of those comments, 9,397 were unique and overwhelmingly unsupportive of the proposed Medicaid changes, known as an 1115 waiver. Of those comments expressing a clear opinion on the waiver, 8,438 or 96 percent were unsupportive while only 373 or 4 percent were supportive, ashttp://static.wixstatic.com/media/4f6d65_320b665e01914161b1650643a849caa6~mv2.png