Jeff Colyer on Health Care

	Jeff Colyer on Health Care

Some want to cut Medicare benefits, which is wrong

Trump would be transformative in protecting Medicare for seniors and others who rely on It. Some want to cut Medicare benefits, which is wrong. Tens of millions of Americans have come to rely on the security of Medicare and only by unleashing our economic engine in sectors like energy, manufacturing and high technology can we begin to produce the kinds of gains in economic growth and real wages that have a chance to extend Medicare's practical life for the baby-boomers and their descendants. Source: Newsweek, "Trump," on 2026 Kansas Gubernatorial race , Nov 21, 2023

Steadfastly opposed Medicaid expansion

Colyer became governor in January 2018 after Brownback resigned to take a diplomatic post. Colyer had spent seven years as Brownback's lieutenant governor, overseeing the transition of Kansas's Medicaid program to managed care and steadfastly opposing Medicaid expansion. Source: The Kansas City Star on 2022 Kansas Governor race , Mar 5, 2021

Helped privatize Medicaid as KanCare

The state must receive permission from the federal government before the end of 2017 to continue its privatized Medicaid program, called KanCare. That's not entirely a sure thing after federal officials denied an earlier request to keep the program going. If Congress leaves Medicaid expansion in place, supporters will likely push to expand eligibility. Colyer, adamantly opposed to expansion, helped spearhead the creation of KanCare in 2013. Source: The Wichita Eagle on 2018 Kansas gubernatorial race , Jul 27, 2017

Open meetings on KanCare instead of invitation-only

Colyer reversed course to endorse open-meetings for a working group focusing on problems with the state's privatized Medicaid program. Meetings of the full group and its several subcommittees should be open in the future. Originally attendance was by invitation only. Lobbyists employed by the managed-care insurance companies hired by the state to run KanCare were admitted but at least one KanCare critic was turned away. Source: Topeka Capital-Journal on 2018 Kansas gubernatorial race , May 26, 2017

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