Tag: health insurance
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Work of UK prof was cited in decision on health care
Professor Nicole Huberfeld.University of Kentucky photo. The work of a University of Kentucky law professor helped shape the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of the federal health-care reform law. ...
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Legislators, doctors debate how health law will or should affect Kentucky; we answer some questions that were left hanging
By Tara Kaprowy and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Though host Bill Goodman (above, in an advance promo) said they just “scratched the surface” on what the federal health-care reform...
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Expanding Medicaid will save the state money by eliminating much expense on the uninsured, think tank and op-ed writer argue
If Kentucky chooses to expand Medicaid eligibility up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, the state will gain in key areas, argues Jason Bailey, director of the Kentucky...
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Who is on Medicaid already? Not all poor Kentuckians, foundation president says on op-ed distributed to Kentucky newspapers
By Susan Zepeda President and CEO, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky In the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision upholding much of the Affordable Care Act, states have many...
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Does Obamacare tax the middle class?
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell speaks ata Rotary Club meeting in Louisville.(C-J photo by Michael Clevenger) With Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell calling the federal health-care reform law a tax on...
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If Kentucky expands Medicaid, no other state would have a larger percentage drop in the uninsured, Kaiser Commission says
“Kentucky will benefit most from the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, according to an analysis by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured,” Lorie Hailey writes...
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As Beshear and Williams equivocate, Hoover and McConnell say state should not expand Medicaid under health reform
Kentucky Health News The Republican leader of the state House said today that Kentucky should not take advantage of an expansion of Medicaid under federal health reform because it would...
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Kentuckians support goals of reform law, foundation head says
While politicians say President Obama’s health-care reform is not popular in Kentucky, polls show that nine out of 10 adult Kentuckians favor its goals, the president of the Foundation for...
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Experts disagree on whether states will choose to expand Medicaid
Experts disagree on whether states will choose to expand Medicaid, a crucial, but voluntary, part of the federal health-care reform law. Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled the federal government could...
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Useful list helps explain health care law and Supreme Court ruling
To learn more about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the federal health-care reform law, as well as the Affordable Care Act itself, the Detroit Free Press has put together...