Medicaid mess needs cleanup: State should act now to slash backlog of applications and ensure care for citizens

In the ongoing effort to cut state spending, vulnerable Kansans are paying the price. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment recently announced contractor Accenture has massively underestimated the number of Kansans awaiting processing of Medicaid applications, omitting 12,000 people from its calculations. The backlog is four times larger than previously disclosed to the …
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