Tag: health reform
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Attorney General Andy Beshear says Bevin’s moves to ‘pull back’ on father’s health policy would compromise a ‘basic human right’
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News New state Attorney General Andy Beshear, a son of former Gov. Steve Beshear, criticized Gov. Matt Bevin’s reversal of his father’s health-care policies at...
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Bevin says ending Kynect will cost ‘small fraction’ of estimate; warns lack of deal with feds means Medicaid expansion ends
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Matt Bevin says shutting down the Kynect health-insurance exchange will cost “a small fraction” of the $23 million estimate given...
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Paducah Sun and New York Times cross editorial swords over Gov. Bevin’s plan to abolish Kynect health-insurance exchange
Gov. Matt Bevin’s decision to close down the Kynect health-insurance exchange drew editorial criticism from The New York Times but an endorsement from The Paducah Sun. “His shortsighted and pointless...
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Medicaid revision will involve the old struggle between personal responsibility and how to care for the poor, C-J reporters write
Kentucky has been a national testing ground for federal health reform, but “may soon test something more fundamental – the age-old struggle to balance personal responsibility with the obligation to...
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Humana says claims from Obamacare plans will exceed premiums paid; still determining size of loss
Louisville-based Humana Inc. said it expects its medical claims will exceed the premiums collected on its Affordable Care Act plans in 2016, but hasn’t yet determined the full amount of...
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Attorney General Andy Beshear says dismantling Kynect, which his father created as governor, would be ‘really bad policy’
Attorney General Andy Beshear Attorney General Andy Beshear, whose father former Gov. Steve Beshear implemented Kynect, the state’s online health insurance marketplace, opposes Gov. Matt Bevin’s decision to shut it...
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Deadline to buy health insurance and avoid penalty is Sunday, Jan. 31; a relative few people may qualify for exemptions
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentuckians have until Jan. 31 to sign up for subsidized health insurance through Kynect, the state’s online insurance marketplace, or face a penalty when...
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Bevin gives feds required one-year advance notice that he will shut Kynect health-insurance exchange, move to federal site
Bevin (Photo: Alton Strupp, C-J) Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has given federal officials the required one-year notice needed to shut down the Kynect health-insurance exchange that his Democratic predecessor, Steve...
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Is ‘Obamacare a job killer’? Not so far, three studies show
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and other Republican foes of federal health reform have often said “Obamacare is a job killer,” but that hasn’t happened yet, according to three new studies....
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In study of how 15 states dealt with health reform, Kentucky was by far No. 1 in cutting the number of unpaid hospital stays
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky hospitals had the biggest drop in non-paying patients among 15 states in an ongoing study of the effects of Medicaid expansion under federal...