Tag: health insurance
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has many concerns about new Medicaid plan; health officials say current plan is not sustainable
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT — At a legislative committee meeting July 20, health advocates urged the administration of Gov. Matt Bevin to make sure the final plan...
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Kentucky’s 40% surcharge for smokers on Obamacare plans probably scared some away, hasn’t encouraged them to quit
Allowing insurers to charge smokers extra for Obamacare health insurance appears to have discouraged them from getting it, “undercutting a major goal of the law,” Carolyn Y. Johnson reports for...
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Hearing loss can lead to cognitive decline or even dementia, but is often unaffordable, and financial aid for it is shrinking
By Trudy Lieberman Rural Health News Service Nearly two-thirds of adults over age 70 have hearing loss that doctors consider “clinically meaningful.” In plain English that means as people age,...
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Some comments on Medicaid plan will be adopted, and federal officials will approve revised plan, state officials say on KET
L-R: Host Bill Goodman, Brinkman, Glisson. (KET photo) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Some of the comments about proposed changes in the state Medicaid program will be included in...
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House Task Force on Vulnerable Kentuckians hears complaints about proposed changes to Medicaid program
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News BEATTYVILLE, Ky. – Several speakers at the July 15 meeting of the House Task Force on Vulnerable Kentuckians said Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed changes to the...
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State oral-health leaders object to plan for Medicaid changes, say loss of dental benefit would cost state more than it would save
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Oral-health leaders in Kentucky said Wednesday that Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed changes in the state Medicaid program would put some Kentuckians’ health at risk,...
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Webinar scheduled Mon. on proposed changes to Medicaid
Want to have your say about the proposed changes to the Medicaid program in Kentucky before the July 22 deadline, or just learn more about it? A web-based seminar, or...
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Kentuckians increasingly covered by high-deductible health plans
Six times as many Kentucky workers were enrolled in high-deductible health insurance plans in 2014 as in 2006, reflecting a national trend, says a report for the Foundation for a...
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At third and final Medicaid hearing, Eastern Kentucky residents say plan doesn’t match up with the realities of their region
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News In the county and region where the expansion of Medicaid has had the most impact, residents and health-care providers gave the harshest criticism yet...
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Final hearing on Medicaid changes to be held Wed. in Hazard, hotbed of expansion, with live videostreaming from WYMT-TV
The final hearing on Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan to change the Medicaid program will be held tomorrow at a different location than first planned, but with a video livestream. The...