Health Care

Coalition Letter: Kentucky General Assembly Must Use Special Session to Protect the Health of Kentuckians, Our Workforce and Our Children’s Education

A coalition of Kentucky organizations sent this letter to the Kentucky General Assembly on September 3, and many new signatories...

Op-Ed

Medicaid Filled the COVID Coverage Gap

Last year when COVID-19 cases were escalating and the bottom fell out of the economy, hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians lost work. For many, this meant losing their health insurance...

Analysis

The 2021 Legislative Session Health Care Wrap Up: Steps in the Right Direction

The 2021 General Assembly passed several measures that will improve the affordability and accessibility of health care in the commonwealth. These improvements come amidst the worst public health crisis in...

Analysis

Bills Capping Insulin Prices Could Help Many Kentuckians with Diabetes, Especially Those Who Struggle to Pay

House Bill (HB) 95 was signed by the governor and will provide much-needed help to reduce insulin costs for some of the 474,456 Kentuckians with diabetes, roughly 1 in 7...

Op-Ed

Kentucky Lives and Livelihoods Are on the Line with Supreme Court Challenge to ACA

Health insurance coverage for over half a million Kentuckians, and the protections for 2 million Kentuckians with preexisting conditions, will once again be on the line when the U.S. Supreme...

Analysis

Kentucky Has Much to Lose if Supreme Court Strikes Down the Affordable Care Act

Kentucky has greatly benefitted from the 2010 passage of the federal Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act (ACA). Thanks to the ACA, we were among states with the largest declines...

Op-Ed

An Equity-Focused Pandemic Policy Response Helps Us All

Acknowledging the disparate infection and death rates for Black Kentuckians from the COVID-19 pandemic, last week Governor Andy Beshear committed to ensuring that all Black Kentuckians have health coverage. The...

Analysis

Covering All Uninsured Black Kentuckians Is Crucial to Achieving Universal Coverage

Black Kentuckians have had higher rates of infection and death from COVID-19 due to disparities in health caused by historical inequities in wages, the justice system, education, housing, health care...

Analysis

What’s in the HEROES Act for Kentucky

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the HEROES Act, a bill that would provide the kind of substantial economic relief Kentucky and other states need in the face of...

Analysis

Medicaid Has Responded Quickly to COVID-19, Congress Should Boost Support

In March and April, Medicaid enrollment in Kentucky grew by 67,216, largely in response to COVID-19. This sudden increase in participation is a good sign that Medicaid, as a health...

Coalition Letter: Kentucky General Assembly Must Use Special Session to Protect the Health of Kentuckians, Our Workforce and Our Children’s Education

Medicaid Filled the COVID Coverage Gap

The 2021 Legislative Session Health Care Wrap Up: Steps in the Right Direction

Bills Capping Insulin Prices Could Help Many Kentuckians with Diabetes, Especially Those Who Struggle to Pay

Kentucky Lives and Livelihoods Are on the Line with Supreme Court Challenge to ACA

Kentucky Has Much to Lose if Supreme Court Strikes Down the Affordable Care Act

An Equity-Focused Pandemic Policy Response Helps Us All

Covering All Uninsured Black Kentuckians Is Crucial to Achieving Universal Coverage

What’s in the HEROES Act for Kentucky

Medicaid Has Responded Quickly to COVID-19, Congress Should Boost Support

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