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...
Health Care
Ending Benefits for Medicaid is Unnecessary and Harmful
The Governor’s decision to end dental, vision and transportation benefits for Kentuckians insured through Medicaid was unnecessary and done without any public input. This coverage roll-back will erode health in...
To Improve Health Through Work, Kentucky Needs to Commit to Better Job Quality
With the state’s new barriers to Medicaid coverage soon to be erected under the guise of encouraging work, we’ve heard a lot in Kentucky recently about the health benefits of...
Medicaid Boosts Kentucky’s Economy, New Barriers to Coverage Will Hold Us Back
Medicaid is a good deal for Kentucky. Not only does it allow people to receive medical care, it also improves hospital finances, creates jobs, leverages additional dollars from the federal...
As Kentucky Rushes to Remake Medicaid, Advocates Try to Protect Health Care for the Homeless
As Kentucky Rushes to Remake Medicaid, Advocates Try to Protect Health Care for the Homeless By Amanda Gomez
What’s in the Budget Agreement for Health Care and What’s Not?
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services provides health care for Kentuckians in a number of ways, and most funding in its $5.6 billion 2018-2020 budget pays for health care...
New Short-Term Individual Insurance Plans Would Raise Premiums and Number of Uninsured Kentuckians
Federal officials recently proposed to allow insurance companies to offer health insurance policies that don’t cover much and can last for just under a year at a time. These Short-Term...
2 Gen Approach to Kentucky’s Opioid Epidemic Needed
Click here to view a pdf of the brief. As one of the states hardest hit by the national opioid epidemic, Kentucky struggles with high rates of addiction, incarceration, overdose...
Four New Ways Kentuckians Will Lose Medicaid
Low-income and disabled Kentuckians are currently eligible for a broad range of health care benefits thanks to Medicaid. As long as people earn below a certain annual wage (a little...
Medicaid Work Requirement Is Misguided and Harmful
With the recent guidance by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on work requirements, it is very likely that Kentucky’s request to implement a “community engagement”...