Tag: Medicaid
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Legislators are keeping a close eye on Gov. Matt Bevin’s plans for Medicaid, and his likely model in Indiana
“As the 2016 session of the Kentucky General Assembly opens, lawmakers say they plan to keep a close eye on changes to the state’s Medicaid system proposed by Gov. Matt...
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Bevin picks UK health executive to lead redesign of Medicaid, accuses Beshear administration of lying about expansion’s costs
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Matt Bevin said Wednesday that a University of Kentucky health executive and former state health secretary, Mark Birdwhistell, will help him design...
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Most Kentuckians want Medicaid to cover as many people, and say Bevin should leave Kynect alone; advocates hopeful
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A recent poll found that a majority of Kentucky adults want new Gov. Matt Bevin to keep Medicaid as it is rather than change...
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National study and Paducah Sun story illustrate value of local Kynectors, who would be far away if exchange is abolished
Gwyn Artz, left, of Lexington talked with Miriam Fordham about signing up for health insurance through Kynect during the opening of a storefront in Lexington’s Fayette Mall. (Herald-Leader photo) Read...
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Health care tops Gov. Steve Beshear’s accomplishments
Gov. Steve Beshear It took six years for Gov. Steve Beshear to establish his main legacy, but it came when he passionately embraced the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
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Republican senators won’t block Medicaid expansion funding
Republican leaders of the state Senate say they will not block the estimated $250 million in spending needed to pay the state’s forthcoming share of the Medicaid expansion in the...
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Bevin appoints Louisville health lawyer Vickie Yates Brown Glisson secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Vickie Yates Brown Glisson Gov.-elect Matt Bevin has appointed Louisville lawyer Vickie Yates Brown Glisson to oversee the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, which employs about 7,500 people statewide...
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Medicaid expansion hasn’t produced the jobs that Beshear has claimed; here are the best numbers available
Kentucky’s expansion of the federal-state Medciaid program under federal health reform has not produced the jobs outgoing Gov. Steve Beshear says it has, Chris Otts reports for WDRB-TV in Louisville....
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Most Kentuckians covered by Medicaid expansion have jobs
“More than half of about 400,000 Kentuckians who gained Medicaid coverage under the federal law also known as Obamacare have jobs but did not have health insurance,” Deborah Yetter reports...
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Beshear puts health work first in list of his accomplishments, but doesn’t mention controversial topics by name
Gov. Steve Beshear With the end of his eight years as governor in clear view (his last day in office is Dec. 7), Steve Beshear put his work for Kentucky’s...