You are kindly invited to the Community Event
KanCare: What it means to people who rely on Medicaid Supports and Services, their families, and caregivers.
April 19th, 2012 6pm to 8pm
Wichita Holiday Inn on Rock Road
549 South Rock Road, Wichita, Kansas
The Disability Rights Center of Kansas, in co-operation with the Kansas Advocates for Better Care will be holding a public forum on April 19th, 2012 from 6 to 8pm, at the Wichita Holiday Inn on Rock Road.
The purpose of this forum will be to provide an opportunity for an exchange of information from important leaders in the aging and disability community to consumers, families and caregivers of children and adults who have long-term care interests with regard to Medicaid.
As advocates for people to rely on Medicaid funded supports and services, we believe the KanCare plan has been crafted with a less than realistic implementation timeline that is occurring at the same time as a massive reorganization of the SRS and the Departments of Aging and Health and Environment. All of these actions have not had enough consumer or legislative input or oversight. We also believe these actions have been crafted without the consideration of cost effective and needed improvements to the Medicaid program.
DRC and KABC have serious concerns about the large funding reductions to program areas based on projected savings that have not been thoroughly discussed and proven. We have serious concerns that savings aren’t being reinvested in services and support for seniors and Kansans with disabilities. We have serious concerns that there ARE NO BACK-UP PLANS to fund these services should those savings not occur as quickly as anticipated. Such lack of readiness has the very real potential to cause services to be compromised so seriously that elders and people with disabilities needing assistance will fall through the cracks.
Please join us for open discussion of these concerns and be ready to provide ideas for what you can do to improve Medicaid services for seniors and Kansans with disabilities.
Please feel free to contact Nick Wood for more information.
Nick Wood, 785.273.9661, nickw@drckansas.org