Elected officials should remember: Medicaid cuts affect real people and real caregivers

By: Paige Rayburn

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: June 25, 2026

Words: 634

Last Updated: 4 weeks ago

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When people hear the words Medicaid cuts, they often picture numbers on a spreadsheet. On Wednesday in Frankfort, those numbers were projected on a PowerPoint presentation.

Yet several basic questions remained unanswered. Kentucky Medicaid Commissioner Lisa Lee and her team were asked about provider recoupments, Medicaid expenditures, and other financial data that could help explain how we arrived at this point. Some of those questions could not …

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