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...
Health Care In-Focus
Many Kentucky Workers Have Gained Insurance through the Medicaid Expansion and Are Now at Risk
Click to view as a PDF Thousands of Kentuckians who work low wage jobs at restaurants, on construction sites and at retail stores are among those who have gained health...
Proposed Medicaid Waiver Would Reduce Coverage and Move Kentucky Backward on Health Progress
To view KCEP's comments for the federal comment period, click here. To view this brief in PDF form, click here. Kentucky is applying to modify its Medicaid program through a...
Approach to Medicaid Should Reflect Realities Facing Low-Income Kentuckians
Kentucky’s Medicaid waiver proposal frames the issue of health coverage for low-income Kentuckians largely as a problem of Medicaid participants’ lack of understanding about private insurance and failure to engage...
Waiver Proposal Says Cost Savings Come from Covering Fewer People
The Medicaid waiver proposal the administration has drafted claims the changes will save $2.2 billion over the first 5 years of the program. But the data shows those savings would...
Protecting Medicaid’s Role in Advancing a Healthy Kentucky
To view this report in PDF form, click here. A new report by the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy provides an in-depth look at Medicaid in Kentucky, the benefits of...
Many Kentucky Workers Have Gained Insurance through the Medicaid Expansion, Are at Risk If Program Is Scaled Back
To view this brief in PDF form, click here. Many thousands of Kentuckians who work low wage jobs at restaurants, on construction sites, through temp agencies and at retail stores...
Indiana Approach to Medicaid Expansion Limits Access to Needed Care
The “Indiana model” for Medicaid expansion has recently been held up as a possible alternative for Kentucky, with supporters arguing that Medicaid recipients should have more “skin in the game”...
Visual: Medicaid Expansion Helps, Not Hurts, State Budget
Through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Kentucky expanded Medicaid eligibility to those with incomes up to 138 percent of the poverty line -- or $32,900 for a family of four...
Independent Study Says Medicaid Expansion a Good Deal for Kentucky’s Economy
In recent months, some have expressed concern that the cost of Kentucky’s Medicaid expansion may exceed its benefits—especially in light of greater than expected participation by low-income Kentuckians. However, a new...