Study of Indiana’s Medicaid Program a Warning Against Kentucky’s Plans to Charge Premiums
A recent evaluation of Indiana’s Medicaid waiver program should stand as a warning for Kentucky policymakers attempting to similarly charge...
Proposed Health Care Changes Would Hurt Kentucky’s Moms
Women, and mothers in particular, are especially at risk of losing access to healthcare if the American Health Care Act (AHCA) becomes law. While millions of Americans stand to lose...
House Health Care Bill Is an Even Worse Threat to Kentuckians
Let’s be clear, rather than a compromise, the new version of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) makes a deeply harmful plan even more destructive. The original proposal, the House’s...
New Amendment to Healthcare Repeal Bill Threatens Kentuckians with Pre-existing Conditions
The so-called “Meadows-MacArthur” amendment to the Affordable Care Act repeal bill does nothing to protect Kentuckians from the bill’s harmful changes, but makes things worse by jeopardizing coverage for people...
A County-by-County Look at Kentucky’s Dramatic Health Coverage Gains
As we've written before, Kentucky has seen a dramatic drop in those without health insurance in every county, especially since 2013. Using the same Census estimates starting the year the Affordable...
Kentucky’s ACA Health Insurance Marketplace Is Not Falling Apart
Far from collapsing, the health insurance exchanges set up by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are a way many Kentuckians are now able to buy health insurance. It will be...
Eastern Kentucky Would Be Hardest Hit Place in Country by Job Loss from ACA Repeal, Report Says
The House proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) died last Friday, but House leaders say they hope to regroup and try again. Kentucky and especially eastern Kentucky would...
A County-by-County Look at Kentucky’s Dramatic Drop in Uninsured
According to new data from the Census Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Kentucky’s rate of uninsured residents under 65 years old dropped from 16.8 in 2013 to 7.1 percent in...
Kentuckians’ Marketplace Health Care Costs Would Rise $1,804 Under AHCA
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides Kentuckians with a greater opportunity to gain health coverage. One way it does this is by offering financial help with purchasing insurance through the marketplaces...
New Reports Highlight Kentucky’s Gains in Care and Health
Despite claims that Kentucky’s coverage gains were not met with access to care and better health, several recent reports and other data show quite the opposite is true. The well...