Tag: state government
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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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Bevin’s plan to scale back Medicaid didn’t hurt him in Republican counties with high percentages of population on Medicaid
Gov.-elect Matt Bevin vowed to scale back the state’s Medicaid expansion, but that didn’t seem to hurt him much in counties with a high percentage of Medicaid recipients, as they...
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National reporting on Bevin’s health-care plans is generally good, but sometimes off the mark; here’s an important example
By Al Cross Editor and publisher, Kentucky Health News Director, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Associate extension professor of journalism, University of Kentucky Kentuckians’ election of Matt Bevin,...
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Four ways to stop the Great Diabetes Epidemic, which affects 1 in 7 Kentuckians and could affect 1 in 4 (those with pre-diabetes)
By Isaac Joyner, MPH and Gilbert H. Friedell, M.D. Kentucky has a state bird, the cardinal; a state flower, goldenrod; and a state tree, the tulip poplar. And now, thanks...
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Bevin and Medicaid expansion featured on HBO’s ‘Last Week Tonight’ comedy show; illustrated philosophical divide
Oliver discusses Bevin on “Last Week Tonight.” The future of Kentucky’s Medicaid expansion was a topic for liberal comedian John Oliver on HBO‘s “Last Week Tonight” Sunday night. It was short on...
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State to wind up operations of federally funded Kentucky Health Cooperative, says it will not assume liability for losses
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Department of Insurance is taking control of the day-to-day operations of the failed Kentucky Health Cooperative, but will not assume any of its...
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Kentucky Health Cooperative, burdened by unhealthy policyholders and Congress’s cuts in a subsidy, is closing
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Health Cooperative, which sold 75 percent of the policies bought through the state health-insurance exchange, is going out of business because it...
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90 percent on state’s Kentucky Employee Health Plan are enrolled in its wellness program
If a focus on wellness and prevention is the key to living a longer life, then Kentucky public employees are well on their way with 90 percent of them now...
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State-property smoking ban seems to cut share of smokers in Executive Branch, more than other employees in state health plan
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News State-government moves against smoking have reduced it among Executive Branch employees at a greater rate than among state employees who were not affected by...
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Beshear keeps up defense of Obamacare, McConnell gives only a short rebuttal at State Fair breakfast
Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear and Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell traded views on health-care reform at the Kentucky Farm Bureau‘s country-ham breakfast at the Kentucky State Fair, but McConnell made...