1.0Kentucky Voices for Healthhttps://kyvoicesforhealth.orgKelly Taulbeehttps://kyvoicesforhealth.org/author/kelly-taulbee/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qCxAuY55tT"><a href="https://kyvoicesforhealth.org/the-copays-are-coming-the-copays-are-coming/">The Copays are Coming, The Copays are Coming!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://kyvoicesforhealth.org/the-copays-are-coming-the-copays-are-coming/embed/#?secret=qCxAuY55tT" width="600" height="338" title="“The Copays are Coming, The Copays are Coming!” — Kentucky Voices for Health" data-secret="qCxAuY55tT" 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> https://kyvoicesforhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kvh_attention.jpg756592As you may have heard, the copays are coming! Starting January 1, 2019 (Happy New Year!), the state will require most adult Medicaid beneficiaries served by Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) to pay copayments for most services. Let’s explore the nuts and bolts of copays (the “what”), the reasons the Cabinet is implementing them (the “why”), and the reasons this policy is harmful (the “why not”).The “What”First, some facts about the new copayments. Federal policy allows states to choose to impose