Remove DD from KanCare proposal
We are still very concerned that long-term care services
have not yet been removed from the Brownback administration’s KanCare
managed-care proposal. Our daughter Julie is a 26-year-old young lady with
severe intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy and epilepsy.
We understand that there needs to be a way to control
spending, but the companies that are bidding on the managed-care contract do
not have experience providing services to this population. Further, the
services that exist for people with developmental disabilities in our community
have been built from the ground up as a response to the needs of our community.
They have been fine-tuned over decades to fit the specific needs of those with
intellectual and developmental disabilities.
This is something we should be proud of and protect, not
something we should allow to be destroyed.
We are watching this issue closely. We expect DD long-term
care services to be removed from KanCare. Lawmakers should take any and all
action necessary to remove DD long-term care services from the current
managed-care proposal.
CONNIE and STAN ZIENKEWICZ
Wichita
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