. > kansas representative barbara bollier is a retired doctor. she says putting private insurance companies in charge of care shifts the focus 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 thousa

kansas representativ e barbara bollier is a retired doctor. she says putting private insurance companies in charge of care shifts the focus to dollars instead of people. 22:53:57 "the numbeeone priority should always be the patient, not the money. when things start moving toward only focusing on money, i worry." worry senator laura kelly 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. 22:42:17 "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 people who use home and community based services. they're an expensiv