FRANKFORT, Ky. — Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser, chair of the Kentucky House Health Services Committee, headlined the 2026 Women In Government Medicaid Policy Symposium on September 8-9 in Washington, D.C., serving as a co-chair of the event’s steering committee, according to a statement from the Ke ntucky House Majority Caucus. The symposium brought together female state legislators and healthcare policy representatives from across the nation to examine recent federal changes to Medicaid and strategies to improve patient outcomes and provider support. “Medicaid serves as a critical safety net for millions of Americans and one-third of Kentuckians,” Moser said in a statement, “providing healthcare coverage to people during some of their most vulnerable moments.” Speakers at the conference addressed several pressing healthcare challenges, including behavioral health services for children and teenagers, maternal health outcomes, rural hospital sustainability, long-term care workforce retention, and physician shortages. Moser, a former neonatal ICU and flight nurse who has led the House Health Services Committee since at least 2019, said she plans to bring insights from the symposium back to her colleagues in the Kentucky legislature. “The 2026 Women In Government Medicaid Policy Symposium gave women state lawmakers and healthcare government affairs representatives a great opportunity to talk about some of the most important issues facing the Medicaid program,” Moser said in her statement. “I look forward to bringing what I learned back to Kentucky and sharing new ideas with my colleagues on how we can strengthen our state’s Medicaid program.” Moser represents Kentucky’s 64th House district, which includes portions of Kenton County in Northern Kentucky. In recent years, she has championed legislation on maternal health, cancer treatment advancement, and opioid enforcement. Sources Women In Government official Medicaid Symposium page Northern Kentucky Tribune article on Moser’s reappointment as Health Services Committee chair This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) from a press release emailed to [email protected] by Kentucky House Majority Caucus, enriched with 2 web searches. View in feeds The post Moser leads women legislators’ discussion on Medicaid policy in Washington appeared first on The Lexington Times. ...read more read less