Tag: state government
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Beshear tells feds he plans to create an insurance exchange
Gov. Steve Beshear. Photo by TheCourier-Journal Gov. Steve Beshear has re-confirmed his plans to create a state health insurance exchange, this time telling the federal government of his intention. Beshear...
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Repeal of health law would have big impact on Kentucky, HHS Secretary Sebelius writes
The U.S. House voted again yesterday to repeal the health-care reform law, a move that has no chance of passing in the current Senate and would be vetoed by President...
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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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Expanding Medicaid will save the state money by eliminating much expense on the uninsured, think tank and op-ed writer argue
If Kentucky chooses to expand Medicaid eligibility up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, the state will gain in key areas, argues Jason Bailey, director of the Kentucky...
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Who is on Medicaid already? Not all poor Kentuckians, foundation president says on op-ed distributed to Kentucky newspapers
By Susan Zepeda President and CEO, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky In the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision upholding much of the Affordable Care Act, states have many...
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Tensions mounting as implementation of prescription drug bill nears on July 20
House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg,sponsored the prescription drug bill.(Courier-Journal photo) A controversial bill aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse, which was considered by many as the hallmark of the 2012...
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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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State takes Medicaid contractor Coventry’s side at hearing over dispute with Appalachian Regional Healthcare
“Appalachian Regional Healthcare argued for a federal injunction against Medicaid contractor Coventry Cares on Tuesday as negotiations for a new agreement between the two have stalled,” reports Mike Wynn of...
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Herald-Leader dislikes mental health agency’s ‘clubby glow’
In an editorial today, the Lexington Herald-Leader criticized the “clubby glow emanating from the inner circle” of the Bluegrass Regional Mental Health-Mental Retardation Board, whose financial status was featured in...