CMS administrator rejects Kansas' request for lifetime limits on Medicaid

Kansas was denied its request to impose a lifetime limit on Medicaid benefits, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma announced Monday. In an application to renew its KanCare program, the state sought to implement a three-year lifetime limit on Medicaid coverage as well as work requirements for parents with children ages six and older. The state had estimated about 12,000 of its 420,000 adults covered by Medicaid would be affected by the changes. According to an anonymously…
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