Tag: health insurance
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Beshear says Obamacare will make Kentucky healthier, wealthier
Beshear speaks at the Good Morning Bluegrass event in Lexington. (Photo by Melissa Landon) Gov. Steve Beshear focused on health issues in remarks to a civic meeting Friday in Lexington. “We...
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Obamacare in Ky.: Those who say they have enough info on how it affects them favor it; those who lack info say they don’t favor it
Kentuckians’ support of the federal health-reform law remains low, with only 30 percent saying they view it favorably and 48 percent unfavorably, but 57 percent said they didn’t have enough...
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Big majority of employees in state health plan take deal: their current information in return for breaks on out-of-pocket costs
A program that promotes preventive health care and wellness initiatives has been embraced by Kentucky state employees who chose the Living Well health insurance plan. The plan is called the...
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As president hosts and praises Beshear, McConnell continues attack on Obamacare, says ‘It’s time to start over’
Gov. Beshear Sen. McConnell As President Obama prepared to have Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear as his guest at the State of the Union address, Republican Sen. Mitch...
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30% of uninsured Kentuckians still don’t know about Kynect health-insurance exchange despite heavy advertising, poll finds
By Melissa Landon and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kynect, Kentucky’s online marketplace for health insurance, launched on Oct. 1 under the federal health-reform law. In a poll taken from...
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New Medicaid enrollees show better mental health already, from relief of stress, after getting their first health coverage
Though enrollment in private insurance under federal health reform has been slower in Kentucky and other states than advocates hoped, Medicaid enrollment has skyrocketed in the state and others that...
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Appalachian Regional Hospitals use untruthful information to encourage Obamacare signups; CEO says he has no regrets
The Appalachian Regional Healthcare system has posted notices in its 10 hospitals that “provides an incorrect web address to sign up for federally mandated health coverage, falsely states uninsured patients...
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State insurance exchange officials say they’re not worried about relatively low share of people 18-34 signing up for health plans
By Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News Two and a half months before the initial enrollment period ends, only 21.6 percent of Kentuckians who have signed up for a health plan...
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Poll in fall found more Kentuckians reporting health coverage through employers, fewer saying they’re on public insurance
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News More Kentuckians had health insurance through their employer last year than the year before, and fewer were on public insurance, according to a statewide...
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How Obamacare changes health-insurance system, Medicaid
Jan. 1 was the first effective day of the new health-insurance system created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and Sarah Kiliff of The Washington Post took the...