The Topeka Capital-Journal interviewed Manatt's Deborah Bachrach, a partner in the firm's Healthcare practice, for an article about the newly-formed Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, which aims to work on a grassroots level to expand KanCare in the state. Bachrach, who recently co-authored a study on Medicaid expansion, noted that each state is handling Medicaid expansion differently.
"I think you see different levels of hostility, but you do see Republican governors taking a harder look at it because they have to balance the budget," said Bachrach. "I think the two most fascinating states to look at are Arkansas and Kentucky, where expansion happened under Democratic governors and Republican governors have come in… the dollars alone, before you think about anything else, were too compelling in either state to enable the governors to conclude they should move away from expansion."
Read the article here.