Momentum Growing Among States to Abandon Barriers to Medicaid Coverage
Amid lawsuits, health coverage losses and high administrative costs, four of the ten states that have gained federal approval to...
Health Care
Half of Medicaid-Eligible Kentuckians Were Unaware of New Barriers to Health Coverage, According to Study
Roughly half of Medicaid enrollees in Kentucky had never heard of changes to Medicaid that could have led to the loss of their health coverage, according to new findings from...
Kentucky’s History With Association Health Plans Shows They Undermine Health Coverage Protections
Kentucky’s past experience with Association Health Plans (AHPs) has gained new relevance amid a court battle over the legality of a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rule that relaxed standards...
Ways Forward for the Commonwealth
In the coming weeks and months, Kentuckians will hear from candidates for governor about their vision and ideas for our commonwealth. KCEP’s careful analysis of Kentucky data and the research...
Kentucky’s Gains in Health Coverage Are Resilient Despite Sustained Attacks on Public Insurance
New Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) were released by the Census this month for 2017, showing a continued increase in health coverage among adults under age 65 since Kentucky...
HB 3 Proposes Massive, Expensive and Ineffective Bureaucracy That Will Hurt Kentucky Families and Open State to Legal Problems
House Bill 3 is an extreme proposal to further restrict access to nutrition, health and cash assistance in Kentucky. It would require a massive, costly bureaucracy to implement and would...
Warning Against Kentucky’s Barriers to Medicaid From Arkansas
Recent enrollment declines in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Kentucky and Medicaid in Arkansas due to new work-reporting requirements point to a bleak future for Kentucky’s Medicaid program,...
Falling Medicaid Enrollment Further Counters the Need for Cuts
Recent claims of a “shortfall” in the budget for Medicaid benefits – an unwarranted alarm based on a misrepresentation of budget numbers – are further undercut by the fact that...
Medicaid Expansion Especially Important for Rural Kentuckians
Kentuckians in the state’s rural areas experience many barriers to prosperity, but thanks to the Medicaid expansion, barriers to health have been dramatically reduced. A new report from Georgetown University...
Manageable Medicaid “Shortfall” Was Created in Budget the Governor Originally Proposed
Recent testimony by Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) officials about a Medicaid “shortfall” over the next two fiscal years (just 1.3 percent of the total budget) left out...