Day: January 19, 2017
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Ky. still pursuing Medicaid waiver; Obamacare repeal could convert the program to block grants, giving states more flexibility
Kentucky will continue pursuing its proposed changes for the expanded Medicaid program even if Congress repeals and replaces the law that authorized the expansion, state Health Secretary Vickie Yates Brown...
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McConnell: ‘If the goal was to expand Medicaid, that could have been done alone.’ But he won’t say what’s next for it
.mcclatchy-embed{position:relative;padding:40px 0 56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;max-width:100%}.mcclatchy-embed iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%} U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell “has a particularly thorny road” in guiding Republicans’ repeal and replacement of Obamacare because of the program’s success in Kentucky, David Lightman...
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In state Trump won in a landslide after pledging Obamacare repeal, fewer than 1 in 5 said they feared losing coverage
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fewer than one in five Kentucky adults who have health insurance were concerned about losing their coverage in the weeks after Gov. Matt Bevin...