Tag: Medicaid
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County analysis shows wide range in numbers of previously uninsured who now have coverage through state exchange
Since enrollment for coverage through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act opened Oct. 1, more than 255,000 Kentucky residents have signed up; because a goal of the law is...
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Bill to ease prescription rules for advanced-practice nurse practitioners is first to pass in this legislative session
The first bill to pass the 2014 General Assembly and go to the governor is Senate Bill 7, which would allow more experienced advanced-practice registered nurses to prescribe non-narcotic drugs...
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How to succeed in health insurance for your small business without really trying — well, maybe without trying too hard
UPDATE, Feb. 11: The Obama administration has again delayed and relaxed the requirements for employers to provide health insurance. Employers with 50 to 99 employees won’t be required to cover...
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St. Joseph Hospital in London will pay U.S. $16.5 million to settle malpractice suits involving unnecessary heart procedures
St. Joseph Hospital in London will pay $16.5 million to the federal government to settle charges that it got money from Medicare and the federal-state Medicaid program for unnecessary heart...
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As president hosts and praises Beshear, McConnell continues attack on Obamacare, says ‘It’s time to start over’
Gov. Beshear Sen. McConnell As President Obama prepared to have Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear as his guest at the State of the Union address, Republican Sen. Mitch...
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Kentucky Equal Justice Center, active in Obamacare signups, wins award from Consumer Reports magazine
The Kentucky Equal Justice Center, a non-profit advocacy organization most recently in the news for encouraging Obamacare enrollments, has won the Consumer Reports Excellence in Consumer Advocacy Award, which includes a...
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Poll finds that 79 percent of Kentuckians, including 60 percent of Republicans, support Beshear’s expansion of Medicaid
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentuckians strongly support Gov. Steve Beshear’s decision to make hundreds of thousands more of them eligible for Medicaid under the federal...
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30% of uninsured Kentuckians still don’t know about Kynect health-insurance exchange despite heavy advertising, poll finds
By Melissa Landon and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kynect, Kentucky’s online marketplace for health insurance, launched on Oct. 1 under the federal health-reform law. In a poll taken from...
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New Medicaid enrollees show better mental health already, from relief of stress, after getting their first health coverage
Though enrollment in private insurance under federal health reform has been slower in Kentucky and other states than advocates hoped, Medicaid enrollment has skyrocketed in the state and others that...