Dustin Pugel

Kentucky Response to COVID-19: Help Families With Little-To-No Income Make Ends Meet With Emergency Cash Assistance

Kentucky, like all states, receives a fixed annual grant from the federal government called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)...

Op-Ed

SB 150 Would Cushion the Blow for Unemployed Workers and Our Economy

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing business closures and a drop in consumer spending that is resulting in major, widespread layoffs across every Kentucky community. The state could lose 67,000 jobs...

Analysis

Kentucky Response to COVID-19: Protect State Economy Through Improved Unemployment Insurance

The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked concerns about an economic slowdown resulting from widespread shutdowns in the global economy, and recent cancellations of large events in the United States. Continued economic...

Analysis

HB 21 Would Protect Kentuckians with Preexisting Conditions If ACA Protections Lost

Nearly 1.8 million Kentuckians have a preexisting health condition that, if it were not for specific protections in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), could lead to them being denied coverage,...

Testimony

Testimony on House Bill 1, Committee Substitute

Testimony given in the House Health and Family Services Committee on February 20, 2020. Chairwoman Moser, members of the committee, thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak on...

Analysis

House Bill 1 Still Focuses on Punitive Measures that Take Assistance Away

The new version of House Bill 1 introduced in committee today, like the original proposal, contains a number of misguided and punitive measures that create barriers to assistance for Kentuckians...

Analysis

Bill Capping Insulin Prices Would Help Many Thousands of Kentuckians With Diabetes

House Bill 12 is a much-needed bill to help reduce insulin costs for some of the 442,500 Kentuckians with diabetes. Under the bill, cost sharing for insulin could not exceed...

Analysis

House Bill 1 Proposes Costly and Unworkable Barriers to Well-Being

House Bill 1 (HB 1) would make sweeping changes to the way we provide medical, food and income assistance to Kentuckians with very low incomes. The bill as introduced adds...

Analysis

Child Care Assistance Is a Great Investment for Kentucky, but Remains Inadequate

The most active and critical years for children’s physical, cognitive and social development are ages zero to three, so high-quality early child care settings are central to preparing the commonwealth’s...

Op-Ed

Medicaid Is Foundational for Kentucky’s Health

Health coverage is foundational to good health and in Kentucky, no single insurer is as foundational as Medicaid. In a very real way, Medicaid is for all of us; From...

Kentucky Response to COVID-19: Help Families With Little-To-No Income Make Ends Meet With Emergency Cash Assistance

SB 150 Would Cushion the Blow for Unemployed Workers and Our Economy

Kentucky Response to COVID-19: Protect State Economy Through Improved Unemployment Insurance

HB 21 Would Protect Kentuckians with Preexisting Conditions If ACA Protections Lost

Testimony on House Bill 1, Committee Substitute

House Bill 1 Still Focuses on Punitive Measures that Take Assistance Away

Bill Capping Insulin Prices Would Help Many Thousands of Kentuckians With Diabetes

House Bill 1 Proposes Costly and Unworkable Barriers to Well-Being

Child Care Assistance Is a Great Investment for Kentucky, but Remains Inadequate

Medicaid Is Foundational for Kentucky’s Health

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