Tag: health insurance
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Despite Bevin’s take-it-or-leave it statements, officials say negotiations continue with feds on proposed Medicaid changes
Gov. Matt Bevin said when he announced his plan to change Medicaid that if the federal government didn’t approve it, he would end the eligibility expansion that has added more...
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Medicaid hearings in Bowling Green and Frankfort elicit nearly incessant criticism; third and final hearing in Hazard next Wed.
Supporters of the current Medicaid expansion sat on the front row of a packed hearing room in Frankfort. By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Supporters were few and far between...
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Health business group opens its forum with state Medicaid officials after first denying Courier-Journal reporter access to it
A forum on Medicaid, featuring the officials who oversee it and are trying to change it, was made public after The Courier-Journal was first denied admittance to it. The 90-minute...
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Public hearings to be held Tuesday in Bowling Green, Wednesday in Frankfort and next week in Hazard plan for Medicaid changes
Public hearings on Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan to change the Medicaid program will be held Tuesday in Bowling Green, Wednesday in Frankfort and next week in Hazard. The Bowling Green...
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Work-oriented requirements in Medicaid plan could hit a snag; feds haven’t approved a plan with such requirements yet
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan for Medicaid might not be approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as readily as he suggested, because...
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Reaction to Medicaid plan is predictably mixed; critics predict federal officials won’t approve work-oriented requirements
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Reactions to Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan to change Medicaid were predictably mixed, from health-reform advocates saying it is “paternalistic,” too complex,...
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Bevin offers ‘transformative’ Medicaid program with premiums, incentives, work-oriented requirements; expansion at stake
“It’s not about the money for the premiums, it’s about the learningexperience.” –Mark Birdwhistell, Medicaid adviser to Gov. Bevin (Lexington Herald-Leader photo by Charles Bertram) By Al Cross and Melissa...
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Ashland hospital expands into wellness and prevention programs
By Judi Kanne Kentucky Health News Hospitals’ basic business is taking care of the sick and injured, not keeping people from getting sick. But more and more of them are...
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Kynectors, health advocates ask state to maintain staffing and other resources in new health-insurance enrollment system
As the administration of Gov. Matt Bevin works toward dismantling Kynect, the state’s health insurance exchange, health advocates say they worry that the transition is going too quickly to be...
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Kentuckians agree regionally on tobacco controls; poll shows wide differences among regions in impact of drug abuse
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News In a state that once had more tobacco farms than any other, Kentuckians in all regions of the state support policies that discourage use...