Commenters on Kentucky’s Proposed Barriers to Medicaid Coverage Are Over 20 to 1 Against Re-approval
Following a federal court order to send Kentucky’s proposed barriers to Medicaid back to the Department of Health and Human...
Health Care
Ending Benefits for Medicaid is Unnecessary and Harmful
The Governor’s decision to end dental, vision and transportation benefits for Kentuckians insured through Medicaid was unnecessary and done without any public input. This coverage roll-back will erode health in...
Medicaid Boosts Kentucky’s Economy, New Barriers to Coverage Will Hold Us Back
Medicaid is a good deal for Kentucky. Not only does it allow people to receive medical care, it also improves hospital finances, creates jobs, leverages additional dollars from the federal...
What’s in the Budget Agreement for Health Care and What’s Not?
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services provides health care for Kentuckians in a number of ways, and most funding in its $5.6 billion 2018-2020 budget pays for health care...
New Short-Term Individual Insurance Plans Would Raise Premiums and Number of Uninsured Kentuckians
Federal officials recently proposed to allow insurance companies to offer health insurance policies that don’t cover much and can last for just under a year at a time. These Short-Term...
Four New Ways Kentuckians Will Lose Medicaid
Low-income and disabled Kentuckians are currently eligible for a broad range of health care benefits thanks to Medicaid. As long as people earn below a certain annual wage (a little...
Medicaid Work Requirement Is Misguided and Harmful
With the recent guidance by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on work requirements, it is very likely that Kentucky’s request to implement a “community engagement”...
Marketplace Signups Robust and Would Likely Be Stronger Without Barriers
Early in 2017, the Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) cut the Healthcare.gov open enrollment period in half, from 14 to 7 weeks. Despite this and other impediments described...
Medicaid Works for Kentucky
Medicaid provides health care coverage to over 1.4 million Kentuckians. For over 50 years it has helped pregnant women, children, people with disabilities and seniors and in the past 3...
Cassidy-Graham Bill is Latest Attempt to Unravel Kentucky’s Health Care Gains
The latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as the Cassidy-Graham bill, would cut Kentucky’s funding for low-income health care by $3.1 billion by 2026. That would...