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income recipients for services, and making them jump through hoops to earn health coverage points in new MyRewards Accounts.From a glance at Bevins proposal, its easy to mistake the MyRewards idea for an expansion of coverage. The changes are described as benefit enhancements in a new, detailed implementation proposal from the consulting firm Deloitte.Bevins plan is in fact a benefit cut. Kentuckys Medicaid program currently includes vision and dental. If youre eligible for Medicaid in Kentucky, then youre eligible for coverage of regular tooth checkups and eye exams under state law.Bevincare would enhance Medicaid benefits by taking several of them...