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Benefind Problems Explained

Kentucky Politics Distilled

English - April 08, 2016 20:07 - 3 minutes - 3.52 MB - ★★★★ - 16 ratings
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A little over a month ago Gov. Matt Bevin unveiled Benefind, a one-stop shop for entitlement benefits like food stamps, cash assistance and Medicaid. The rollout of the program has had huge problems, with thousands of people losing services and thousands more getting false notices that they had lost services. There’s been a lot of confusion over what caused the problems and who’s to blame. In this week’s edition of Kentucky Politics Distilled, capitol reporter Ryland Barton tells us what happened.