The Hill Extra quoted Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article about the extended comment period for the controversial Kentucky Medicaid waiver. CMS extended the comment period after receiving an unprecedented number of responses to the proposal to change Kentucky’s Medicaid program.
The changes the waiver proposed are drastic. Bachrach told The Hill Extra all of the changes proposed in the waiver would make it “difficult to access coverage, maintain coverage and maintain continuity of care.”
The agency has never approved premiums above 2 percent of income, Bachrach said, and "there's no reason to believe CMS would change its position at this point in time."