We have an expansion population that gets 90% federal money, and you have traditional [Medicaid], so a disabled child in Kentucky gets 72 cents when they go to the doctor. And we know that’s just unsustainable.
Guthrie argues that current Medicaid funding is unsustainable and needs reform.
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