{Louisville, Kentucky}...Speaking Thursday to a statewide gathering of county officials at the Kentucky Association of Counties annual conference in Louisville, Republican David Williams accused Governor Steve Beshear of doing an inept job in overhauling Kentucky's Medicaid program by incorporating a managed care approach to provide care for the poor and disabled. Over the summer, Beshear announced that three out-of-state companies would oversee Medicaid services for about 560,000 recipients across most of the state. Beshear's administration reset the start of the managed care program to November 1st after an October 1st startup was missed after state health and family services secretary Janie Miller said hospitals needed more time to prepare for the change. Beshear says the change could save $375 million in the state's General Fund over three years and potentially $1.3 billion overall.
