Medicaid work requirements set, with stricter medical frailty guidelines; critics push back
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched its framework for Medicaid work requirements on Monday,…
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Fewer Kentuckians covered by ACA health insurance plans as subsidies stall in U.S. Senate
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Fewer Kentuckians have health insurance through kynect after subsidies that helped millions of Americans afford…
Opinion – Jerry Deaton: GOP war on healthcare fails to offer alternative, speaks volumes
My sister died of cancer back about five years ago, and for her, it was a battle she bravely waged…
Health insurance tax credits set to expire for many Kentuckians at the end of 2025
By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service This Wednesday is the deadline to enroll in Affordable Care Act marketplace health coverage….
Experts offer tips for Kentuckians as Kynect Marketplace open enrollment period begins
Haga clic aquí versión en español. By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service Kentuckians seeking quality, affordable marketplace health coverage can…
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — aka ‘Obamacare’ – becoming untouchable safety net
Kentucky Health News “A law once derided as ‘Obamacare’ and demonized as a big-government power grab is becoming a politically…
Beshear reports 1,745 new COVID cases, 11 deaths; Dr. Stack says ‘we’re at worst place for disease’
Gov. Andy Beshear warned Kentuckians that we face significant danger from COVID-19. Eighty counties are in the red zone as…
Report: Health insurance costs taking larger share of middle-class incomes, costs grow faster than wages
Many working families are spending more of their incomes on health care, a new Commonwealth Fund report finds. According to…
Report card: Georgetown University report finds progress has stalled for Kentucky Kids Health
The number of uninsured children nationwide increased by about 400,000 in the past two years, reversing nearly a decade of…
Kentucky REALTORS’ Phillips: Federal Rules to allow association health plans are necessary
As an association representing approximately 11,300 real estate professionals in Kentucky, we have heard loudly from our members for years…
Kentucky Health News: One Affordable Care Act insurer wants 12% rate hike next year; other one, -4.5
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One of the two insurers offering government-subsidized individual health plans in Kentucky for 2020…
Kentucky REALTORS joins national organization’s amicus briefs supporting Association Health Plans
Kentucky REALTORS (KYR) President Rip Phillips has announced that KYR has joined the National Association of Realtors amicus brief in…
Beshear: Attorney General’s office continues effort to ensure affordable health care for Kentuckians
We all pay too much for health care. Far too many do not go to the doctor or fill a…
KHIP: Large number of Kentuckians don’t use a regular doctor or clinic; one in five delay or skip care
A larger number of Kentucky adults indicate that they don’t use a regular doctor, health clinic or other appropriate sources…
Support for Health Care Law remains steady in Kentucky; attitudes vary by political affiliation
More Kentucky adults have positive opinions about the Affordable Care Act than negative, according to the 2018 Kentucky Health Issues…
Beshear fighting temporary injunction request seeking to halt nation’s health care system
Attorney General Andy Beshear is fighting a request for a temporary injunction filed this week by a group of states…
Affordable Care Act enrollments up in 2017 — Kentucky has second greatest percentage increase
By Kentucky Health News Kentucky had the second greatest percentage increase in the number of residents who signed up for…
Healthcare — clock is ticking, December 15 deadline approaching to sign up for subsidized insurance
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News You have just a few days to enroll in a 2018 health-insurance plan on…
UK Healthcare using education incentives to address critical shortage of nurses in Kentucky
It has been said that nurses are the most trusted professionals in healthcare. In addition to providing treatment, they are…
Bill Straub: Latest effort to repeal and replace ACA not about improving health care … it’s about winning
WASHINGTON – To quote Michael Corleone, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.’’ Efforts a…
Bill Straub: It’s well past time for McConnell, GOP to stand up to an increasingly erratic Trump
There comes a moment in the old Marx Brothers movie A Day at the Races where a man confronts Groucho,…
Bill Straub: Paul resolutely sticking to his political philosophy regardless of who might be hurt by it
There is something grotesquely admirable about Sen. Rand Paul’s dogged dedication to his twisted political philosophy – proclaiming it to…
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