Pension Benefits Inject $3.4 Billion into the Economies of Kentucky Counties
As the governor and General Assembly consider additional cuts to pension benefits for employees, it’s important to understand the role...
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The Health Care Repeal Bill Would Double What Kentucky Must Pay for Medicaid Expansion
The American Health Care Act (AHCA) ends extra federal funding for states that expanded Medicaid eligibility, meaning Kentucky would have to increase its Medicaid expansion funding 111 percent to make...
Trump Budget Makes It Harder for Low-Income Kentuckians to Climb Economic Ladder
In President Trump’s budget proposal, cuts to critical programs that help low-income Kentuckians are primarily justified as a way to move more people into the workforce. However, the budget proposal...
What Combined Federal Cuts to Medicaid Would Mean for Kentucky
Kentucky’s Medicaid program is potentially facing enormous cuts to federal funding through the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and President Trump’s proposed budget. Nationwide, Medicaid as a whole would undergo...
CBO Shows 23 Million Would Lose Coverage Under Health Care Repeal Bill
The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) review of the health care repeal bill passed by the House weeks ago estimates that 23 million Americans would lose coverage, many low-income and older...
Food Assistance Cuts in Trump Budget Would Have a Devastating Impact on Kentucky
The deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) in President Trump’s budget proposal would be devastating to Kentucky — particularly in rural parts of the...
What Trump Budget Proposal Would Mean for Kentucky
President Trump’s full budget proposal released today includes harsh, devastating cuts to critical poverty-reducing programs that provide health, nutrition and financial assistance to many Kentuckians. The budget also includes drastic...
Angel Investor Tax Credit Program is an Overly-Generous Subsidy for Wealthy Investors
Kentucky’s angel investor tax credit program is touted as a way to encourage investment in start-up companies. But because it is overly generous to investors, fails to target start-ups exclusively...
Health Care Repeal Bill Would Squeeze In-Home Health Services for Elderly & Disabled Kentuckians
Important services that enable Kentuckians to receive needed care at home and in the community, rather than an institutional setting like a nursing home, will be cut back if the...
Report on County Jails Shows Why We Need Additional Criminal Justice Reforms
A recently released report from the state Legislative Research Commission (LRC) raises the alarm around the growing number of state inmates housed in county jails. This trend underscores the need...