Tag: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Kynect will sell federally subsidized health insurance through Jan. 31, but there will be little or no advertising to tell people about it
Kynect, the online marketplace where Kentuckians can buy federally subsidized health insurance, will remain open for enrollment through Jan. 31. But you will see little if any more advertising for...
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Get health coverage by Jan. 31 or pay penalty of up to 2.5% of income
The deadline to get health insurance for 2016 and avoid a penalty for not being insured is Jan. 31 and this year, unlike last, there will be no extension, Baylee...
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Obamacare still divides Kentuckians, but opinion has firmed up; view of its personal impact on them is now even
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentuckians still have a marginally unfavorable opinion of the federal health-reform law, and their views about it have firmed up, according to the latest...
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National health scorecard shows Kentucky making improvements
Graph from The Commonwealth Fund Scorecard website By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky remains in the bottom fourth of a states’ health ranking released Dec. 8, but it was one of...
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Health care tops Gov. Steve Beshear’s accomplishments
Gov. Steve Beshear It took six years for Gov. Steve Beshear to establish his main legacy, but it came when he passionately embraced the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
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Medicaid expansion hasn’t produced the jobs that Beshear has claimed; here are the best numbers available
Kentucky’s expansion of the federal-state Medciaid program under federal health reform has not produced the jobs outgoing Gov. Steve Beshear says it has, Chris Otts reports for WDRB-TV in Louisville....
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Consumers complain about high deductibles on Obamacare plans; advocates note mitigating factors and say to keep shopping
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many consumers of health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are finding that it’s not as affordable as the name implies...
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Most Kentuckians covered by Medicaid expansion have jobs
“More than half of about 400,000 Kentuckians who gained Medicaid coverage under the federal law also known as Obamacare have jobs but did not have health insurance,” Deborah Yetter reports...
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Health-law expert says Bevin’s idea to cap Medicaid enrollment or use a lower income limit than 138% of poverty ‘is a nonstarter’
In his successful campaign for governor, Republican Matt Bevin said he would not continue to enroll in the Medicaid program people with incomes at 138 percent of the federal poverty...
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Beshear defends Kynect and Medicaid, asks Bevin to ‘look at this from a business standpoint, if not from a human standpoint’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Armed with data and an unusual dose of emotion, outgoing Gov. Steve Beshear urged Gov.-elect Matt Bevin to reconsider his positions and keep the...