Tag: health insurance
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Beshear talks about health reform in Kentucky in his latest video
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News During his time in office, Gov. Steve Beshear has released weekly “About Kentucky” videos on his YouTube channel to inform Kentuckians about policy initiatives...
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State to wind up operations of federally funded Kentucky Health Cooperative, says it will not assume liability for losses
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Department of Insurance is taking control of the day-to-day operations of the failed Kentucky Health Cooperative, but will not assume any of its...
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Beshear criticizes Bevin for his plans to abolish Kynect and cut back Medicaid expansion, says expansion is paying for itself
Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear “sharply criticized” Republican gubernatorial nominee Matt Bevin for his plans to eliminate the Kynect insurance exchange and scale back the Medicaid expansion if he is elected Kentucky’s...
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Candidates for governor make misstatements and questionable assertions in debate, many about health issues
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Many of the questionable assertions and outright misstatements in Sunday night’s debate for governor were about health care. Here’s a fact check: Bevin said...
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‘Health Gains Campaign’ shows successes of Medicaid expansion as Kentucky Voices for Health plans to deal with a new governor
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky Voices for Health is planning for the future as Kentucky gears up for a new administration by working on what it calls a...
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Fate of health coverage through Medicaid expansion and Kynect insurance exchange could rest on outcome of governor’s race
By Cheyene Miller and Anthony Pendleton University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications The fate of health coverage for about half a million Kentuckians could rest on the...
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8 of 23 health insurance cooperatives closing, more likely to follow; they blame Republicans; Republicans blame Obamacare
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One-third of the 23 health insurance cooperatives created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are closing, with others likely to follow. Republicans...
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More than 16,000 additional Kentucky children have gained health insurance since the federal health-reform law took effect
More than 16,000 Kentucky children gained health insurance since the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky multi-year study on...
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Medicaid expansion is at stake in the Nov. 3 election for governor; Bevin’s spokeswoman offers a bit more detail of his plans
Kentucky could become the first state to reverse expansion of the Medicaid program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Frankfort correspondent Adam Beam reports for The Associated Press....
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Study finds people with high deductibles skimp on doctor visits
In theory, higher deductibles on health-insurance plans should force down health-care costs because patients will become smarter shoppers, but a study has found that patients shifted to a higher-deductible plan...