Support and Protect KYNECT
Few programs in the country have been more successful in expanding medical coverage to working people than Kentucky’s kynect. With over 550,000 Kentuckians gaining access to affordable health coverage, protecting this vital program is key to our community’s physical and economic future. I will work with colleagues in the Kentucky House of Representatives, healthcare providers and hospitals across the Commonwealth, and patient advocates to make sure kynect is protected and free of harmful alterations and onerous requirements only meant to turn back the clock on expanded health coverage.
Here's how we do it:
Expand Coverage
Continue to support with Governor Beshear as we work to expand coverage, as he did for vision and dental coverage, despite efforts by the legislature in Frankfort to block this important expansion. Working people know that you can’t do your job and raise your kids, let alone expect to pay the bills, is you have an impacted or infected tooth. Why should the legislature work to deny Kentuckians the coverage they deserve?
Fight unnecessary and burdensome requirements
Fight unnecessary and burdensome requirements for receiving expanded kynect benefits. Former Governor Matt Bevin tried hard to place onerous restrictions and requirements on those receiving lifesaving healthcare benefits, only to have the courts strike them down. These requirements did nothing but put up barriers to receiving care and placed working people under the thumb of a government determined to come between patients and their doctors. They didn’t succeed last time but they aren’t done trying. I will work to make sure the benefits hardworking Kentuckians receive aren’t tied to onerous and restrictive requirements only meant to kick people off their health coverage.
