Tag: politics
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Medicaid manager Passport gives $25,000 to Democratic group that has given heavily to committee backing Conway for governor
Passport Health Plan, which manages Medicaid care for hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians, gave $25,000 this year to the Democratic Governors Association, “which already this year has given $600,000 to...
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Bevin and Conway to speak, answer questions about health policy at rural-health group’s meeting Sept. 18 in Bowling Green
The Kentucky Rural Health Association is hosting a “Candidates Forum on Health” Friday, Sept. 18 in Bowling Green, after the conclusion of its annual conference. All of the candidates running...
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Beshear writes reply to a Virginia newspaper, pushing Medicaid expansion like he implemented in Kentucky
Gov. Steve Beshear, trying to help a fellow Democratic governor who is trying to expand Medicaid, has written a response to an editorial in which a Virginia largest state-capital newspaper opposed the...
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich, defending his Medicaid expansion as he runs for president, can point to lower-than-expected costs
John Kasich campaigned in Derry, N.H. (Associated Press photo by Jim Cole) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Expanded eligibility for Medicaid, an issue in the Kentucky governor’s race, is...
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Republicans call for de-funding Planned Parenthood in state; health secretary says that would lead to more teen pregnancies
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin and the state House GOP caucus are calling for de-funding of Planned Parenthood in Kentucky, but Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear...
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Bevin says he wouldn’t end Medicaid expansion immediately but would transition to modified program; Stivers talks similarly
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News LOUISVILLE — Republican Matt Bevin said Tuesday that if elected governor he would not immediately end the state’s expansion of eligibility for the federal-state...
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Bevin won’t say what would happen to 430,000 new Medicaid enrollees if he cancels expansion as planned if elected
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Republican gubernatorial nominee Matt Bevin wouldn’t say Thursday what he would do with the 430,000 Kentuckians who would lose their new...
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Health-care jobs fewer than projected, but health secretary says Medicaid expansion is still on track to pay for itself through 2020
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – The basic financial premise of Kentucky’s expansion of Medicaid under federal health reform is that the addition of so many people...
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Republicans question need for Kynect; Beshear administration officials say using federal insurance exchange would cost more
With the U.S. Supreme Court approving Obamacare subsidies on the federal health-insurance exchange as well as state exchanges, some Republican legislators in Kentucky say the state should close its exchange,...
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Politicians, economists and journalists debate the reasons for, and the impact of, proposed sale of Humana to Aetna
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The purchase of Louisville-based Humana Inc. by fellow health-insurance giant Aetna Inc. for $37 billion still needs approval from federal anti-trust officials, partly because...