With Proposed Barriers to Medicaid Gone, Kentucky Should Pursue Other Ways to Support Kentuckians’ Health
When all Kentuckians are able to meet basic needs and be healthy, they are equipped to contribute to their communities....
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SNAP Is Good for Kentuckians’ Health
Click for a PDF version of SNAP Is Good for Kentuckians' Health. Everyone knows that food is essential to well-being, but less widely understood is the power of direct food...
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,...
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 Services (HHS), a 30 day comment period was held during...
Kentucky’s Barriers to Coverage Work Against the Objective of Medicaid
Click here for a PDF version of our full comments on Kentucky’s 1115 Medicaid Waiver Request. Since 2016, Kentucky has been attempting to make changes to its Medicaid program that...
Workforce Development in Kentucky Should Encourage High-Road Jobs
Click here to view a pdf of the report. There has been a substantial decline over the last several decades in the share of employment that can be described as...
Changes to Medicaid Waiver Request Move Further in the Wrong Direction
Click to view as a PDF. Last August, Kentucky applied to modify its Medicaid program through a request to the federal government to waive certain requirements of the law, known...
Kentucky Has the Most to Lose from Senate Health Care Repeal Bill
Kentucky would see its uninsured rate more than triple under the proposed Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). According to the Urban Institute, Kentucky’s uninsured population would...
The Many Harms of the American Health Care Act for Kentucky
The House of Representatives is moving toward a possible vote Friday on an amended version of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), their plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act...
Testimony for Congressman Yarmuth’s ACA Repeal Forum
Click to view as a PDF. Intro: Good afternoon, my name is Dustin Pugel and I’m a research and policy associate with the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, a think...