Tag: health reform
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Feds, state will allow mid-April enrollment for people who start but don’t complete Obamacare applications by March 31
“The Obama administration has decided to give extra time to Americans who say that they are unable to enroll in health-care plans through the federal insurance marketplace by the March 31...
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Humana Inc. bus travels the rural roads of Mississippi, looking to enroll people in Obamacare by March 31 deadline
Insurance providers have been scared off by Mississippi, one of the poorest and unhealthiest states in the country. Only nine percent of eligible residents have signed up for insurance under...
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Obama reminds the uninsured of March 31 signup deadline; McConnell continues to point out the pitfalls of reform
On the fourth anniversary of the law that has informally come to bear his name, President Obama reminded uninsured Americans that they have only one more week to sign up...
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One in 13 Kentuckians have health coverage through Kynect
Nearly 322,000 Kentuckians had enrolled for health coverage through the state’s new insurance exchange through 6 p.m. Thursday, March 20, and three-fourths of them didn’t have coverage before, according to...
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Hospitals try to do more with less while not compromising quality as they adjust to changes in the health-care marketplace
A. B. Chandler Medical Center at the University of Kentucky Hospitals are laying off employees and cutting budgets because of changes in the marketplace and the ways consumers seek care,...
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Todd County weekly’s editor-publisher wonders why so many uninsured locals haven’t signed up for health insurance
With open enrollment in the new health-insurance exchanges ending March 31, at least one country editor is wondering why most people in his community who lack coverage haven’t take advantage...
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Primary care, a big focus of health reform, faces challenges as Kentucky doctors deal with change
Craig Dooley, newly covered by Medicaid under health reform, got an X-ray in Dr. Sven Jonsson’s Baptist Health office. (Photo by Luke Sharrett for The New York Times) Primary-care doctors are...
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KentuckyOne Health lays off 500 of 15,000 employees, says it won’t fill 200 vacancies; cites Obamacare and merger
KentuckyOne Health, which dominates the Louisville hospital market and has scores of locations across the state, says it has laid off 500 of its 15,000 employees and identified 200 vacancies...
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Here’s a fresh strategy for reforming malpractice lawsuit rules: measure doctors by national standards, not local custom
A bill that would create three-person panels of medical experts to give non-binding opinions on malpractice lawsuits before trial doesn’t appear to be getting anywhere in the Kentucky General Assembly, at least...