Tag: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Work locally for health care solutions, experts say at annual policy forum; contrasting Medicaid approaches seen
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News After hearing experts say communities should take the lead in improving the quality of health care and lowering its cost — especially because there...
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States all over the map in setting up health insurance exchanges; Kentucky officials say they await more federal guidance
A breakdown of where states stand in implementing pieces of the federal health-care reform law shows Kentucky lagging behind. But Kentucky officials say they’re awaiting more direction from the federal government before...
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State website helps Kentuckians get health insurance, info
A new government website is aimed at helping Kentuckians wade through the often overwhelming world of health insurance by providing information specific to the new health care law. The Kentucky...
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Kentucky and other states slow to adopt health-law mandates
Though it’s one of the centerpieces of the new health care law, most states have not taken steps to establish a health insurance exchange, and that incluides Kentucky. The exchanges...
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Health care reform will be costly to hospitals, Kentucky Hospital Association chief says
Many of Kentucky’s 132 hospitals will lose money and be forced to merge because of the new health care law, says the president and CEO of the Kentucky Hospital Association....
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Groups try education to allay confusion about health reform
Though the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act celebrates its first birthday today, most Americans admit they are still largely confused by what its provisions will mean for them. To...
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Maine gets health-reform exemption that Kentucky also wants
Maine has been granted an exemption that Kentucky is also seeking — one that will exclude it from being subject to the health reform’s medical-care ratio rules. The ratio requirement...
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Forum on health-reform law to be held in Lexington March 21
In time for the one-year anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a forum will be held in Lexington to review the ins and outs...
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Kentucky’s state health plan receives $30 million from federal health reform to offset costs of covering early retirees
Kentucky’s state employee health plan received nearly $30 million from a federal program established under the new health care law meant to help pay for early retiree benefits. Nationwide, $535...
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Humana reinvents itself again, to adapt to U.S. health-care reform
Humana, Kentucky’s largest corporation, says it is reinventing itself in the wake of the federal health reform law, focusing on becoming a “well-being” company rather than just a provider of...