Critical Poverty-Reducing Programs at Risk in Upcoming Trump Budget
News reports suggest President Trump’s full budget proposal, slated for release next week, will include deep cuts to federal safety...
Analysis
Kentucky Has Nation’s Most Rural Medicaid Expansion Enrollees, and AHCA Would Take That Away
For largely rural states like Kentucky, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was a major boon for health coverage. There are 223,700 rural Medicaid expansion enrollees in Kentucky, more than any...
Study of Indiana’s Medicaid Program a Warning Against Kentucky’s Plans to Charge Premiums
A recent evaluation of Indiana’s Medicaid waiver program should stand as a warning for Kentucky policymakers attempting to similarly charge premiums in our own Medicaid program. While proponents of Kentucky’s...
Kentucky Moms Deserve Better
More than 488,000 women in Kentucky are raising an estimated 919,711 children under the age of 18. These biological, step, adopted and foster moms, grandmothers and other relatives and their...
Proposed Health Care Changes Would Hurt Kentucky’s Moms
Women, and mothers in particular, are especially at risk of losing access to healthcare if the American Health Care Act (AHCA) becomes law. While millions of Americans stand to lose...
Job Recovery for Some Kentucky Counties, Second Recession for Others
When the Great Recession came at the end of 2007, all of Kentucky lost jobs. The U.S. economy hit bottom a couple of years later before starting to improve. Now...
Important Federal Investments in Kentucky’s Coal Communities at Risk
A panel at the East Kentucky Leadership Conference highlighted the importance of federal investments in addressing economic challenges in the state’s coal communities. With these funds at risk in the...
The Many Harms of the American Health Care Act for Kentucky
The House of Representatives is moving toward a possible vote Friday on an amended version of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), their plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act...
New Amendment to Healthcare Repeal Bill Threatens Kentuckians with Pre-existing Conditions
The so-called “Meadows-MacArthur” amendment to the Affordable Care Act repeal bill does nothing to protect Kentuckians from the bill’s harmful changes, but makes things worse by jeopardizing coverage for people...
A County-by-County Look at Kentucky’s Dramatic Health Coverage Gains
As we've written before, Kentucky has seen a dramatic drop in those without health insurance in every county, especially since 2013. Using the same Census estimates starting the year the Affordable...