Tag: health insurance
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Health insurance co-op lost $50.4 million, most in U.S.; officials blame high enrollment, big claims; say it will stay solvent
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A federal audit of the non-profit health insurance companies formed under federal health reform found that at the end of 2014, all but one...
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Bevin says he wouldn’t end Medicaid expansion immediately but would transition to modified program; Stivers talks similarly
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News LOUISVILLE — Republican Matt Bevin said Tuesday that if elected governor he would not immediately end the state’s expansion of eligibility for the federal-state...
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Bevin won’t say what would happen to 430,000 new Medicaid enrollees if he cancels expansion as planned if elected
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Republican gubernatorial nominee Matt Bevin wouldn’t say Thursday what he would do with the 430,000 Kentuckians who would lose their new...
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Ky. shows health improvements in Kids Count report, but is still held back by poverty; 1/4 of children in state live in poverty
Overall Child Well-Being by State: 2015 By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranks 34th in the nation for overall child well-being, showing the most improvement in health and a...
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Republicans question need for Kynect; Beshear administration officials say using federal insurance exchange would cost more
With the U.S. Supreme Court approving Obamacare subsidies on the federal health-insurance exchange as well as state exchanges, some Republican legislators in Kentucky say the state should close its exchange,...
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Politicians, economists and journalists debate the reasons for, and the impact of, proposed sale of Humana to Aetna
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The purchase of Louisville-based Humana Inc. by fellow health-insurance giant Aetna Inc. for $37 billion still needs approval from federal anti-trust officials, partly because...
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Ky.’s pro-Obamacare policies led to more enrollment and support for it, but many poor are still uninsured and under-informed
Update: This story was updated to reflect the study’s results for those who said they were hurt by and not directly impacted by the ACA. State policy appears to have...
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Supreme Court upholds Obamacare subsides in all states; ruling has no direct effect on Kentucky, but focuses political debate
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the tax subsidies provided under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are legal in every state....
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Aetna is close to a deal to buy Humana, Bloomberg reports
Getty Images, via CNBC Health insurer Aetna “is said to be closing in on a deal to buy” Louisville-based Humana Inc., Julie Hyman reports for Bloomberg News, “and a deal...
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Kentucky is cracking down on Suboxone, a heroin substitute that has become a big part of the illegal trade in painkillers
A drug that was supposed to help people get off heroin has “created a new cash-for-pills market and a street trade” that state officials are trying to stop, Mary Meehan reports...