removing Medicaid from the oversight of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services
James Comer would remove Medicaid from the oversight of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
Occurrences
Evidence
The article reports that Comer’s healthcare platform included "removing Medicaid from the oversight of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services."
Kentucky’s official agency profile still lists Medicaid as a service administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, including Kentucky Medicaid/KCHIP and Medicaid under the cabinet’s services.
The regulation states that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Medicaid Services, has responsibility to administer the Medicaid Program.
Assessments
The promised structural change did not occur: Kentucky Medicaid remains administered within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, including through the Department for Medicaid Services. The evidence shows the proposal was part of Comer's campaign platform, but does not show that he later had executive authority or made a serious legislative or executive attempt that failed.