Kentucky Senate softens Medicaid bill that would impose co-pays, work requirements

KY bill making sweeping changes to Medicaid adds copays (but they’re lower now)

Kentucky State Capitol under renovation on March 24, 2026. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd) FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Senate has lowered the copays Medicaid patients would have to pay under a bill that proposes a work requirement and other sweeping changes to the federal-state program.  House Bill 2 proposed adding copays of $35 for inpatient hospital services and $8 copays for prescription glasses and contacts.  In the Senate version, whic…

Kentucky Senate softens Medicaid bill that would impose co-pays, work requirements

LEXINGTON, Ky. — State senators on Tuesday softened a controversial bill that would make eligibility and cost changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program, which provides health coverage to 30% of the state’s 4.6 million people.