Tag: obamacare
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Kentucky hospitals say they’re losing money on Obamacare, as cost of treating new Medicaid patients exceeds reimbursements
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky hospitals are struggling financially because of the billions of dollars in cuts caused by the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
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As income taxes are filed, half who got Obamacare subsidy will have to pay part of it back; almost as many will get a refund
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News This week will go down in history as the first time the Internal Revenue Service enforced the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s tax...
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New diabetes cases in expanded-Medicaid states much higher than other states; 46,000 new Ky. Medicaid clients got screened
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New diabetes cases among poor Americans are much more numerous in Kentucky and other states that have embraced the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
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Auditor will hold meetings in Prestonsburg, Princeton and Somerset to discuss his report on financial status of rural hospitals
State Auditor Adam Edelen will hold three public meetings in rural communities to discuss the findings of his special report about the financial health of rural hospitals. The meetings will be...
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Up to 1/3 of rural hospitals in poor financial shape, auditor finds, calling report a baseline for local decisions that could be tough
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News For a video of Edelen’s press conference, click here. For a cn|2 report with video, go here. FRANKFORT, Ky. — As...
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Washington Post columnist looks at data, talks to experts and concludes Obamacare is working, at less cost than expected
The federal health-reform law “has accomplished its goal of expanding coverage — at a significantly lower cost than expected,” columnist Ruth Marcus writes for The Washington Post “after talking to...
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How has the federal health-reform law changed your care?
Despite the controversy that continues to surround the Patient Protection and Affordable Act five years after its passage, it has probably changed the way your health care is delivered as...
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Health reform law has been good for hospital finances, health-care costs, Obama administration says
U.S. hospitals have saved billions of dollars because the federal health-reform law has provided coverage for patients who were once charity cases, the Obama administration announced Monday, the fifth anniversary...
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Reform law ‘quietly accomplishing the goals it was created to achieve,’ McClatchy Newspapers reporter writes
The federal health-reform law is still controversial and still facing a legal challenge, but “is quietly accomplishing the goals it was created to achieve,” Washington correspondent Tony Pugh reported for...
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Obama says health-reform law working better than expected
President Obama made this statement on the fifth anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: On the five-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, one thing couldn’t be...