Kansas lawmakers table Medicaid contract talks until 2023

Lawmakers in the Kansas House and Senate have voted to delay negotiations of the state's nearly $4 billion Medicaid contracts until 2023, the Kansas Reflector reported April 26. 

The state's privatized Medicaid system, KanCare, contracts with three companies to provide $3.9 billion in services annually to more than 440,000 residents, the Reflector previously reported.  

The bill blocks all requests for proposals for managed care organizations administering KanCare until at least Jan. 1, the Reflector reported. 

Republican lawmakers wanted to delay the process of awarding new contracts until after the November gubernatorial election, according to the report. 

Democrats argued the delay allows no competition and no accountability for the three companies overseeing KanCare, according to the report. 

Opponents of the delay have argued that it creates the equivalent of a no-bid, one-year extension of the contracts with current administrators Sunflower Health Plan, United Healthcare and Aetna Better Health of Kansas.

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