Tag: health reform
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The divide between dentistry and medicine can have deadly consequences; policymakers are getting more interested
(Photo from ancienthistorybulletin.ca) As anyone who has ever mistakenly thought that medical insurance would cover their visit to the dentist knows, the worlds of medicine and dentistry don’t overlap much....
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Paul says conservatives won’t support Republican health plan, hope to negotiate one more to their liking with Trump involved
Sen. Rand Paul (ABC image) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul laid out his objections to House GOP leaders’ bill to replace the Patient Protection...
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Pence touts Republican health plan, seeking Sen. Paul’s support; Democrats say vice president’s remarks about Ky. are off base
Gov. Bevin and Vice President Pence (C-J photo by Sam Upshaw) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky again became the epicenter of the health-care debate on Saturday, as Vice...
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American Health Care Act would have major impact on Ky. by phasing out Medicaid expansion, changing private insurance
By Danielle Ray and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The acronyms may be similar, but the American Health Care Act, Republicans’ replacement for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,...
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Ky. enrollment in Obamacare plans slightly less than last year
About the same number of Kentuckians signed up for subsidized health insurance on the federal health-insurance exchange as bought coverage on the state’s Kynect exchange last year, state health officials...
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Republican health-law drafts would reduce federal support for Medicaid and subsidies of private insurance
Kentucky would have to keep paying more for Medicaid, and people with federally subsidized health insurance would get less support, under a committee draft of a bill to repeal and...
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Beshear, Republicans debate the record of Obamacare in Ky.
Kentucky’s roles in implementing and changing federal health-care law were on national display Tuesday night, as former Gov. Steve Beshear gave the televised Democratic response to President Trump’s first address...
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Longtime Whitesburg doctor, winner of national honor, fears patients will lose Affordable Care Act’s preventive care
Dr. Van Breeding (Lexington Herald-Leader photo) Whitesburg physician Dr. Van Breeding says his patients got “bamboozled” by politicians who tagged their expanded access to health care as “Obamacare.” Barack Obama, who...
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Former Gov. Steve Beshear will give national Democratic response to President Trump’s speech to Congress
Steve Beshear (Herald-Leader photo) Former Gov. Steve Beshear will give his party’s response to President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress Tuesday night, “highlighting the Kentucky Democrat’s efforts to expand health care...
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As Republicans wait to address Obamacare, Democrats and supporters of the law appear to gain new footing
This story has been updated. “Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare could help Democrats do what they have been unable to for seven years: sell the American people on the benefits...