Tag: obamacare
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Bevin asks Congress to get rid of Obamacare and, if Medicaid expansion continues, limit it to those who are in poverty
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin has taken a stronger stance against Obamacare than his fellow Republican governors, urging Congress to repeal it “in its entirety” and...
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Judge blocks Humana-Aetna merger; appeal in doubt; Aetna’s ‘leverage’ attempt jeopardized Obamacare exchanges
A federal judge blocked Aetna Inc.‘s bid to buy Louisville-based Humana Inc. on grounds that it would reduce competition for consumers in Medicare Advantage markets, because it would ultimately affect...
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Did Medicaid expansion make people move from non-expansion states to Kentucky? A study suggests it did not
When Kentucky expanded Medicaid and Tennessee and Virginia didn’t, did that prompt some people to move from Tennessee and Virginia to Kentucky? A study suggests that it did not. There...
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Ky. still pursuing Medicaid waiver; Obamacare repeal could convert the program to block grants, giving states more flexibility
Kentucky will continue pursuing its proposed changes for the expanded Medicaid program even if Congress repeals and replaces the law that authorized the expansion, state Health Secretary Vickie Yates Brown...
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McConnell: ‘If the goal was to expand Medicaid, that could have been done alone.’ But he won’t say what’s next for it
.mcclatchy-embed{position:relative;padding:40px 0 56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;max-width:100%}.mcclatchy-embed iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%} U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell “has a particularly thorny road” in guiding Republicans’ repeal and replacement of Obamacare because of the program’s success in Kentucky, David Lightman...
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In state Trump won in a landslide after pledging Obamacare repeal, fewer than 1 in 5 said they feared losing coverage
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fewer than one in five Kentucky adults who have health insurance were concerned about losing their coverage in the weeks after Gov. Matt Bevin...
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Supporters of Obamacare rally in Ky. and protest repeal plans
“The event was billed as a public forum on the consequences of repealing the [Patient Protection and] Affordable Care Act and Kentucky Medicaid expansion. But at times it seemed more...
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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul suggests that if Kentucky wants to keep its Medicaid expansion, it should raise taxes to pay for it
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul suggested Sunday that Kentucky and other states that expanded Medicaid under federal health reform should have to raise taxes to keep it expanded and not rely...
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Massie joins Paul in voting against bill to start Obamacare repeal; McConnell won’t say what he has in mind for Medicaid expansion
Kentucky Health News One Kentucky congressman was among the nine House Republicans who voted against a budget resolution that is the new Congress’s first step toward repealing the Patient Protection...
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Senate takes first step toward repealing Obamacare; Rand Paul, worried about deficit and debt, is only Republican to vote no
Paul, McConnell (Washington Post photo) Citing concerns about the federal budget deficit and the national debt, Rand Paul of Kentucky was the only Republican senator to vote against a non-binding...