Tag: health insurance
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Fewer families report having trouble paying medical bills; near-poor struggle more than poor families
Fewer American families are having problems paying medical bills, but 20 percent of them, particularly those without insurance and those that are “near poor” but not :poor,” still struggle with...
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State officials tell health-care providers to meet with managed-care companies to get paid, say new system is improving health
By Molly Burchett and Al Cross Kentucky Health News At the latest in a series of forums on Medicaid managed care, state officials said the new system has improved the quality...
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Judge orders Medicaid managed-care firm to pay for school health services, including $8 million in claims; appeal possible
Medicaid managed care company Kentucky Spirit must cover preventive care services provided by local health departments in schools, a judge has ruled. Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd of Frankfort said the...
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Beshear announces launch of Kynect, the state’s new online shop for health insurance; open enrollment starts Oct. 1
Gov. Steve Beshear has announced the launch of Kentucky’s Healthcare Connection, which is referred to as Kynect and is Kentucky’s one-stop onlineshop for the state’s new health insurance exchange. Beginning...
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Medicaid expansion could change Kentucky’s course, big time
NEWS ANALYSIS By Al Cross Kentucky Health News “Today we change the course of Kentucky’s history.” It is not often that a public official can say such a thing with...
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Half-day seminars on health reform’s impact on business Wed. and Thur.; journalists invited
Experts on the impact of federal health-care reform on business will give advice to Kentucky companies at half-day seminars in Lexington and Louisville on Wednesday and Thursday of this week....
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Poll shows more than half of Ky. adults have no dental insurance and many go without essential dental care
Routine dental care is essential to overall health, but a new poll shows 1.7 million Kentucky adults do not have dental insurance. That is more than times the number of...
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Business leaders discuss possibility of expanding Medicaid through private insurance
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Some Kentucky business leaders are discussing a possible endorsement of expanding Medicaid through private insurance, in a plan similar to one the federal government...
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Baucus sees a health-reform ‘train wreck,’ fearing insurance exchanges won’t be ready
Max Baucus (J. Scott Applewhite, AP) Senator Max Baucus, who as Senate Finance Committee chair helped write the health-care reform law, has become the highest-ranking Democrat to publicly voice concerns...
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Poll shows health care costs are a burden for many Kentuckians
A recent statewide survey shows health-care costs are a burden for many Kentuckians, especially for those who are poor and don’t have insurance and put off getting care they need...