Number of Uninsured Kentuckians Would Triple Under a Partial Health Reform Repeal
An estimated 486,000 Kentuckians would lose insurance coverage under a partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a tripling...
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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...
Cutting Back Medicaid Expansion No Solution to Budget Pressures
Governor Bevin has sent his proposed Medicaid changes to the federal government and now negotiations begin between his administration and the Department of Health and Human Services. Since Kentucky is...
Comments to Washington on Proposed Medicaid Changes were 9 to 1 Against
The period to give input to the Cabinet for Health and Human Services (HHS) on Governor Bevin’s proposed changes to Medicaid ended last Saturday with a total of 1,749 responses. The...
Kentucky Can Improve Budget and Protect Medicaid by Ending Growing Hospital Tax Break
To view this as a PDF, click here. The governor has proposed changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program, arguing they are necessary to “ensure long-term sustainability of the Medicaid program." [1....
A County-by-County Look at Potential Enrollment Decreases from Proposed Medicaid Waiver
The Governor is seeking to make changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program in a way that would result in 87,639 fewer traditional and expanded Medicaid enrollees by 2021, according to official...
Modest Savings from Medicaid Waiver Ignore Added Costs and Mostly Don’t Come from Expansion Population
The Bevin administration has submitted the revised version of its request to make changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program and continues to tout the plan’s savings. However, projected state savings are...
New Medicaid Waiver Plan Keeps Approach from Problematic Original Proposal
The Bevin administration submitted its waiver proposal to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today, keeping the problematic approach that was in the original plan with modifications in a handful...
A Roundup of Recent Research on Kentucky’s Medicaid Expansion
Kentucky’s Medicaid expansion is building a strong foundation for a healthier state, and this is showing up in the research. When considering changes laid out in the recently proposed Medicaid...
Medicaid Expansion Allows Kentuckians to Engage their Health, Barriers Make It Harder
We all want to live in a thriving community where everyone has the chance to succeed. The building blocks of such a community include a good education, safe neighborhoods, reliable...