$EVH LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Kentucky legislature's contract review committee voted Monday not to approve Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's administration's decision to award the state's Medicaid managed care business to five national health insurance companies.
The move is a rebuke to the Bevin administration during its final hours in power. The governor's Cabinet For Health and Family Services announced the contracts shortly before Thanksgiving.
The legislators agreed in a 6-0 committee vote to "disapprove" the deal, which was set to start next July. Their action also gives new life to Passport Health Plan, the Louisville-based provider that was left out of the late November announcement. Anthem also was left out, in favor of United Healthcare and Molina Healthcare.