Tag: Medicaid
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Analysis of Ind. Medicaid plan, Bevin model, shows same concern about financial hardship voiced by Ky. critics; Ind. officials reply
Gov. Matt Bevin By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News While Republican Gov. Matt Bevin works on his proposal to reform his Democratic predecessor’s expansion of Medicaid, the Indiana program that...
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Health advocates, providers and faith leaders voice concerns about Medicaid plan; one says it’s based on false assumptions
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT — Health advocates, providers and faith leaders spoke out against Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed changes to the state’s Medicaid program at a news...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has many concerns about new Medicaid plan; health officials say current plan is not sustainable
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT — At a legislative committee meeting July 20, health advocates urged the administration of Gov. Matt Bevin to make sure the final plan...
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Some comments on Medicaid plan will be adopted, and federal officials will approve revised plan, state officials say on KET
L-R: Host Bill Goodman, Brinkman, Glisson. (KET photo) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Some of the comments about proposed changes in the state Medicaid program will be included in...
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House Task Force on Vulnerable Kentuckians hears complaints about proposed changes to Medicaid program
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News BEATTYVILLE, Ky. – Several speakers at the July 15 meeting of the House Task Force on Vulnerable Kentuckians said Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed changes to the...
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Kentucky Oral Health Coalition will host a regional meeting on oral health July 29 in Hazard
July 27, 2016: An updated graphic sent by Kentucky Voices for Health has been added. The Kentucky Oral Health Coalition and its partners from across the state will host a...
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Cabinet says kinks are worked out of the state’s new public benefit system, but Republican lawmaker calls for contract review
Health officials assured lawmakers on Thursday that they had worked through the issues that led to the rocky rollout of the state’s new public benefit system, but lawmakers pushed back...
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State oral-health leaders object to plan for Medicaid changes, say loss of dental benefit would cost state more than it would save
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Oral-health leaders in Kentucky said Wednesday that Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed changes in the state Medicaid program would put some Kentuckians’ health at risk,...
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Webinar scheduled Mon. on proposed changes to Medicaid
Want to have your say about the proposed changes to the Medicaid program in Kentucky before the July 22 deadline, or just learn more about it? A web-based seminar, or...
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Study: Fulton hospital closed partly because owner preferred to invest in nearby Tenn. facility; played hardball with locals
A study of three rural hospital closures last year, including one in Kentucky, found that several factors led to the hospitals’ demise and that access to care, especially emergency care,...