Tag: politics
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Legislators, doctors debate how health law will or should affect Kentucky; we answer some questions that were left hanging
By Tara Kaprowy and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Though host Bill Goodman (above, in an advance promo) said they just “scratched the surface” on what the federal health-care reform...
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Does Obamacare tax the middle class?
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell speaks ata Rotary Club meeting in Louisville.(C-J photo by Michael Clevenger) With Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell calling the federal health-care reform law a tax on...
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As Beshear and Williams equivocate, Hoover and McConnell say state should not expand Medicaid under health reform
Kentucky Health News The Republican leader of the state House said today that Kentucky should not take advantage of an expansion of Medicaid under federal health reform because it would...
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As high court upholds health care law, Beshear orders creation of state insurance exchange; questions remain about Medicaid
Journalists wait to hear the Supreme Court’s ruling.(Associated Press photo by Evan Vucci) By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Voting 5-4, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the federal health-care reform...
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Obama administration spent $25 million on health-care law publicity campaign, part of it exaggerating, McConnell complains
The Obama administration spent nearly $20 million on mailings to seniors touting the federal health-care reform law and another $5 million on postcards to small business owners informing them of...
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Tea Party protesters object to state-run health insurance exchange; leader says if there is one, feds should run it
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News A public meeting in Frankfort to get stakeholders’ input about development of a state-operated health insurance exchange Monday was attended by dozens of Tea...
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Appalachian Regional Healthcare asks federal judge to make managed-care firm keep it under contract
Appalachian Regional Healthcare, a hospital chain in Eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia, is seeking an emergency injunction by a federal judge ordering Coventry Cares to let its Kentucky members...
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University of Louisville delays choosing hospital partner
To allow time for more “discussions and negotiations,” the University of Louisville has put off deciding on University Hospital‘s new health-care partner until the end of June. It is not...
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Obama finally embraces the Republican term ‘Obamacare’
“The Obama administration made a decision on Friday to own the term‘ObamaCare’,” NBC News reports in its First Read blog, adding a capital letter not often used. “It had been...
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Beshear talks to University Hospital officials about future
Gov. Steve Beshear met with officials with University Hospital officials yesterday to discuss ways the facility can take part in a merger. Last week, Beshear rejected a much-publicized proposal that would...