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Analysis

Interactive Map: Expanding Medicaid Would Increase Health Coverage In Every Kentucky County

The Governor will be deciding soon whether or not to expand Medicaid eligibility in Kentucky through the Affordable Care Act....

Ashley Spalding | April 19, 2013

Analysis

Higher Minimum Wage Is Good for Kentucky Workers and the State’s Economy

Raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would lift the wages of over one in four Kentucky workers and add $546 million over three years to the Kentucky...

Anna Baumann | April 3, 2013

Analysis

Expanding Medicaid is a Good Move for Kentucky

Expanding Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a good move for Kentucky. More than half of the state’s uninsured stand to benefit. It would have a positive impact...

Ashley Spalding | March 29, 2013

Report

Medicaid Expansion Would Benefit Workers Across Kentucky’s Economy

If Kentucky moves forward with the Medicaid expansion, uninsured workers across Kentucky's economy could gain health coverage. Workers at restaurants, construction sites, grocery stores and child care centers are among...

Ashley Spalding | March 14, 2013

Op-Ed

Pension Bill Focuses on Wrong Issues

To hear some in Frankfort these days, Kentucky needs pension reform now, now, now to avoid our own fiscal cliff, sequester, Greek economic meltdown or you name the financial calamity....

Jason Bailey | March 6, 2013

Report

Thousands of Kentucky Veterans Could Get Health Insurance Under Medicaid Expansion

9,500 uninsured Kentucky veterans and thousands of their family members could gain health insurance coverage if the state makes the right decision to move forward with the Medicaid expansion now...

Ashley Spalding | February 19, 2013

Report

Cash Balance Plan Likely to Increase Costs, Impact the Quality of Public Services and Reduce Retirement Security

While the primary pension challenge Kentucky faces is how to find the revenue to pay back the existing unfunded liability, much of the attention has instead focused on moving new...

Jason Bailey | February 11, 2013

Report

Proposed Cash Balance Pension Plan for New Workers Projected to Increase Costs

The cash balance plan for new workers proposed in Senate Bill 2 would make paying Kentucky’s unfunded pension liability harder by adding approximately $55 million in state costs over the...

Jason Bailey | February 8, 2013

Presentation

Presentation: Protecting Retirement Security and Building a Better Kentucky

This presentation was given at the Kentucky Public Pension Coalition press and legislator briefing held January 30, 2013. KPPC Press Briefing Presentation KPPC Press Briefing Text

Jason Bailey | January 30, 2013

Op-Ed

Why Regions Fail

Others have rightly jumped on Nicholas Kristof’s December column in the New York Times criticizing the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program for children with disabilities. Kristof uses stories of families...

Jason Bailey | January 14, 2013

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Economic Security News

1 New Census Data Suggests Power of Federal Pandemic Aid for Kentuckians

Kentucky Rate of Uninsured Improved After Special Pandemic Era Protections2

2 How Inflation Is Impacting Common Grocery Prices in Kentucky

3 “We Keep Getting Hit:” Flooded Kentucky Grows Weary After Another Natural Disaster

4 Diaper and Menstrual Product Taxes Worsen Inequity. Some Council Members Want to Pressure the State to End Them

5 House Bill 4: Changes to Unemployment Insurance Go Into Effect in 2023

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