Tag: obamacare
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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...
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Fate of health coverage through Medicaid expansion and Kynect insurance exchange could rest on outcome of governor’s race
By Cheyene Miller and Anthony Pendleton University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications The fate of health coverage for about half a million Kentuckians could rest on the...
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8 of 23 health insurance cooperatives closing, more likely to follow; they blame Republicans; Republicans blame Obamacare
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One-third of the 23 health insurance cooperatives created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are closing, with others likely to follow. Republicans...
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More than 16,000 additional Kentucky children have gained health insurance since the federal health-reform law took effect
More than 16,000 Kentucky children gained health insurance since the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky multi-year study on...
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Medicaid expansion is at stake in the Nov. 3 election for governor; Bevin’s spokeswoman offers a bit more detail of his plans
Kentucky could become the first state to reverse expansion of the Medicaid program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Frankfort correspondent Adam Beam reports for The Associated Press....
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Kentucky Health Cooperative, burdened by unhealthy policyholders and Congress’s cuts in a subsidy, is closing
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Health Cooperative, which sold 75 percent of the policies bought through the state health-insurance exchange, is going out of business because it...
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Proposed Medicare premium hike could cost Kentucky a lot, because some on Medicare are also on Medicaid
UPDATE, Nov.2: a two-year budget was passed by Congress Oct. 29 and awaits the signature of the president. The agreement will reduce the increase in Medicare premiums for Part B, which pays for...
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Bevin and Conway’s running mate, state Rep. Sannie Overly, show sharp differences on health-care issues at forum
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The major-party campaigns for governor disagree on all of Kentucky’s major health issues, sharply on such topics as the Medicaid expansion, the Kynect health-insurance...
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Bevin letter says he will repeal Medicaid expansion; spokeswoman says he will find another solution
A mid-August fund-raising letter from gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin says he would “repeal” the state’s Medicaid expansion if elected, returning him to essentially the same stand he took early this year....
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Kentucky Voices For Health names new executive director
Emily Beauregard Emily Beauregard has been named executive director of Kentucky Voices for Health. “We had an excellent pool of candidates for the position and are thrilled to have found in...