to dollars instead of people.
ks rep. barbara bollier
(r) kansas (02:42 -
02:48)
priority should always be the patient, not the
money. when things start moving toward
only focusing on
money, i worry.">
worry senator laura
kelly shares.
kelly sits on the
kancare oversight
committee.
but lawmakers have
little power to oversee the
operations of private companies.
instead, the committee is more of a listening
post - hearing complaints from
people or companies with little power to
help.
but kelly says the politicians on the
committee don't even understand the
medicaid system. a problem she says
iowa can avoid.
ks sen. laura kelly (d) kansas (03:28 - 03:32)
<"put people who are
actually out in the
trenches doing this work who can then ask
the questions, or interpret the data in a
way that makes sense in their world, and provide that for
legislators who can
then set the policy.">
kelly also worries for the thousands of