Tuesday, February 28, 2012

From HutchNews: Bethell backs carving services out of KanCare

Full Article: Bethell backs carving services out of KanCare
By Mary Clarkin - The Hutchinson News

Article Extract:

"Rep. Bob Bethell, R-Alden, is a pastor/consultant representing the 113th District. He is chairman of the House Aging and Long-Term Care Committee and also sits on the Health and Human Services and Transportation and Public Safety/Budget committees. His office is in the Capitol; the email address is bob.bethell@house.ks.gov; the phone number is (785) 296-7616.


Advocates for people with disabilities don't want to be part of the Medicare changes. Should that group be carved out of KanCare? Persons with developmental disabilities receive services as well as health care, and they are "very different" from the medical model for an insurance company, Bethell said. "It is not at all inappropriate, in my mind, to carve those services out," he said, of the planned managed-care approach. "

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