Tag: Medicaid
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Not only may you not get to keep your plan under Obamacare, you might not be able to keep your doctor; there are reasons
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Part of the sales pitch for the federal health-care reform law was that people could keep their doctors, but many Americans and some Kentuckians won’t...
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Haynes asks hospitals for a truce as they and state work through problems with managed-care Medicaid
Health and Family Services Secretary Audrey Haynes won a smattering of applause from Kentucky hospital officials Thursday as she called for “not a surrender, but a truce” as her cabinet...
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Ky. Hospital Association defends ‘critical access’ designation that gives small, rural hospitals a federal financial boost
The Kentucky Hospital Association came out strongly for continued federal support of small, rural hospitals Thursday, objecting to a proposal that the “critical access hospital” designation be based entirely on...
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Beshear and two other Democratic governors say Obamacare is working in their states, and cite examples
Gov. Steve Beshear continues to be a major national cheerleader for the federal health-reform law, citing Kentucky examples in an op-ed piece he and the Democratic governors of Connecticut and...
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Pike County officials urge newly eligible residents to sign up for health insurance before Dec. 15
A call to action. That’s what Pike County officials are calling their efforts to encourage citizens to sign up for health care insurance, as called for by the Patient Protection...
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FactCheck.org finds little support for Sen. Rand Paul’s claim that Medicaid expansion will ‘bankrupt’ Kentucky hospitals
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said on ABC‘s “This Week” Sunday, Nov. 3 that the federal health-reform law may “bankrupt” rural Kentucky hospitals “by overwhelming them with Medicaid patients.” However, health-care...
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Friedell Committee will consider what it will take for Kentucky to become a healthier state at meeting Sunday and Monday
What will it take for Kentucky to become a healthier state? That will be the question at the fall meeting of the Friedell Committee for Health System Transformation, at the...
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New CEO of Owensboro Health says hospitals are working to improve care, regardless of federal health reform
Philip Patterson, the new CEO of the Owensboro Health, says hospitals are moving towards health reform regardless of what happens with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Patterson is coming...
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Uninsured young adults may qualify for high-deductible health coverage for $50 or less per month on state exchanges
Almost half of single young adults who are uninsured may qualify for coverage for $50 or less per month under federal health reform, according to a report from the U.S. Department of...
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A Ky. guide to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Few laws have generated as much confusion, opposition or news coverage as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Despite the flood of news...