Tag: Medicaid
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Health-law expert says Bevin’s idea to cap Medicaid enrollment or use a lower income limit than 138% of poverty ‘is a nonstarter’
In his successful campaign for governor, Republican Matt Bevin said he would not continue to enroll in the Medicaid program people with incomes at 138 percent of the federal poverty...
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Beshear defends Kynect and Medicaid, asks Bevin to ‘look at this from a business standpoint, if not from a human standpoint’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Armed with data and an unusual dose of emotion, outgoing Gov. Steve Beshear urged Gov.-elect Matt Bevin to reconsider his positions and keep the...
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Bevin’s plan to scale back Medicaid didn’t hurt him in Republican counties with high percentages of population on Medicaid
Gov.-elect Matt Bevin vowed to scale back the state’s Medicaid expansion, but that didn’t seem to hurt him much in counties with a high percentage of Medicaid recipients, as they...
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Electronic health records are here to stay, but continue to have growing pains; some providers say they’re not paying off yet
While the ongoing transition to electronic health records promises to bring revolutionary advances in health care, it hasn’t been cheap or easy, Josh Shepherd reports for The Lane Report. In...
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National reporting on Bevin’s health-care plans is generally good, but sometimes off the mark; here’s an important example
By Al Cross Editor and publisher, Kentucky Health News Director, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Associate extension professor of journalism, University of Kentucky Kentuckians’ election of Matt Bevin,...
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Gov.-elect Bevin repeats vow to end Kynect; he and state Senate President Stivers say Medicaid expansion will look like Indiana’s
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – From a Republican nomination won by only 83 votes to an unexpected 84,764-vote election margin, Matt Bevin will be Kentucky’s next governor,...
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Bevin and Medicaid expansion featured on HBO’s ‘Last Week Tonight’ comedy show; illustrated philosophical divide
Oliver discusses Bevin on “Last Week Tonight.” The future of Kentucky’s Medicaid expansion was a topic for liberal comedian John Oliver on HBO‘s “Last Week Tonight” Sunday night. It was short on...
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Most registered voters, including 27% of Bevin backers, want to continue the state’s expansion of Medicaid under Obamacare
The expansion of Medicaid, the federal-state health program, has solid support among Kentuckians despite being an issue in Tuesday’s election for governor. Most registered voters in the latest Bluegrass Poll...
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Beshear talks about health reform in Kentucky in his latest video
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News During his time in office, Gov. Steve Beshear has released weekly “About Kentucky” videos on his YouTube channel to inform Kentuckians about policy initiatives...
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Beshear criticizes Bevin for his plans to abolish Kynect and cut back Medicaid expansion, says expansion is paying for itself
Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear “sharply criticized” Republican gubernatorial nominee Matt Bevin for his plans to eliminate the Kynect insurance exchange and scale back the Medicaid expansion if he is elected Kentucky’s...