Tag: health insurance
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Study shows Kentucky among national leaders in reducing uninsured percentage because of federal health reform
The percentage of adults under the age of 65 who do not have health insurance decreased by double digits in approximately half of Kentucky’s counties, says Enroll America, which released...
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In Senate race, McConnell and Grimes differ on health care
By Cheyene Miller University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications The U.S. Senate race between Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell and Democrat Alison...
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McConnell runs anti-Obamacare ad with doctor who connects pre-existing condition with cancellation of insurance
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell is running his first re-election commercial focused on the federal health-reform law, featuring a Somerset physician saying “As a doctor, I see how Obamacare hurts patients’...
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Kentuckians like Kynect coverage as long as it’s not called ‘Obamacare,’ and some don’t like to talk about it
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you — unless you’re talking about the word “Obamacare” and its impact...
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State won’t estimate cost of greater-than-expected Medicaid expansion for ‘a few additional months’ – after Nov. election
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The Republican-controlled state Senate’s budget committee chair wants to know how much Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear’s expansion of the Medicaid program will cost, since...
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Expert says Ky. is one of 13 states where people in individual insurance market are better off than before reform law
By Molly Burchett and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Most of the focus on Obamacare has been on people who are no longer uninsured, or those who had to get...
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Beshear cites examples of health reform’s benefits, while McConnell keeps up criticism, at Farm Bureau’s ham breakfast
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear and Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell squared off on health-care reform for the second straight year at the Kentucky Farm...
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Grimes and McConnell lay out differences on health reform
By Al Cross and Megan Ingros Kentucky Health News U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell kept attacking federal health-care reform and challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes gave her strongest defense of it yet...
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Women leading Ky. Health: With less than 16 months left, Haynes tries to ‘bake in’ health reform, managed care, more
This is the last in a series of stories about four high-ranking female state officials who have guided the state’s embrace of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. By...