Tag: health insurance
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Health care tops Gov. Steve Beshear’s accomplishments
Gov. Steve Beshear It took six years for Gov. Steve Beshear to establish his main legacy, but it came when he passionately embraced the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
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Republican senators won’t block Medicaid expansion funding
Republican leaders of the state Senate say they will not block the estimated $250 million in spending needed to pay the state’s forthcoming share of the Medicaid expansion in the...
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Medicaid expansion hasn’t produced the jobs that Beshear has claimed; here are the best numbers available
Kentucky’s expansion of the federal-state Medciaid program under federal health reform has not produced the jobs outgoing Gov. Steve Beshear says it has, Chris Otts reports for WDRB-TV in Louisville....
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Consumers complain about high deductibles on Obamacare plans; advocates note mitigating factors and say to keep shopping
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many consumers of health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are finding that it’s not as affordable as the name implies...
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Fate of Obamacare could depend on the financial patience of leading insurers Anthem and Aetna, which is buying Humana
The fate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may depend on how long two major insurance companies “are willing to wait before starting to make money off it,”...
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Most Kentuckians covered by Medicaid expansion have jobs
“More than half of about 400,000 Kentuckians who gained Medicaid coverage under the federal law also known as Obamacare have jobs but did not have health insurance,” Deborah Yetter reports...
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Beshear puts health work first in list of his accomplishments, but doesn’t mention controversial topics by name
Gov. Steve Beshear With the end of his eight years as governor in clear view (his last day in office is Dec. 7), Steve Beshear put his work for Kentucky’s...
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Health-law expert says Bevin’s idea to cap Medicaid enrollment or use a lower income limit than 138% of poverty ‘is a nonstarter’
In his successful campaign for governor, Republican Matt Bevin said he would not continue to enroll in the Medicaid program people with incomes at 138 percent of the federal poverty...
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Beshear defends Kynect and Medicaid, asks Bevin to ‘look at this from a business standpoint, if not from a human standpoint’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Armed with data and an unusual dose of emotion, outgoing Gov. Steve Beshear urged Gov.-elect Matt Bevin to reconsider his positions and keep the...
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Bevin’s plan to scale back Medicaid didn’t hurt him in Republican counties with high percentages of population on Medicaid
Gov.-elect Matt Bevin vowed to scale back the state’s Medicaid expansion, but that didn’t seem to hurt him much in counties with a high percentage of Medicaid recipients, as they...