Criminal Justice Bills Passed This Session
As the session began, many were hopeful that the legislature was poised to pass criminal justice reforms that would make...
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Tuition Increase Ceilings Announced
Today the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) announced the maximum in-state undergraduate tuition and mandatory fee increases the state’s public universities and community colleges will be allowed to charge students...
New Version of Drug Bill Would Have Serious Consequences for Addicts and Criminal Justice System
A new version of House Bill 333 passed the Senate Judiciary committee late last night. The bill contains very consequential changes for Kentuckians struggling with addiction, as well as the...
Eastern Kentucky Would Be Hardest Hit Place in Country by Job Loss from ACA Repeal, Report Says
The House proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) died last Friday, but House leaders say they hope to regroup and try again. Kentucky and especially eastern Kentucky would...
A County-by-County Look at Kentucky’s Dramatic Drop in Uninsured
According to new data from the Census Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Kentucky’s rate of uninsured residents under 65 years old dropped from 16.8 in 2013 to 7.1 percent in...
Getting Rid of Essential Health Benefits Means Less Coverage, More Costs for Kentuckians
The House has amended their healthcare repeal to include eliminating a requirement that insurance plans in the individual and small group markets cover a list of ten essential health benefits. Those...
What You Need to Know About the AHCA’s Harmful Effects on Kentucky
House leaders say they will take a do-or-die vote Friday on the American Health Care Act (AHCA), their plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Their proposal would dramatically...
SNAP Works and Shows Where Economic Progress Still Needed
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, played a key role in helping cushion Kentucky’s economy from the depths of the Great Recession. It continues to...
Kentuckians’ Marketplace Health Care Costs Would Rise $1,804 Under AHCA
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides Kentuckians with a greater opportunity to gain health coverage. One way it does this is by offering financial help with purchasing insurance through the marketplaces...
House Health Repeal Would Shift $16 Billion in Costs to the Kentucky State Budget
The House Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as the American Health Care Act (AHCA), would cut federal funding for Medicaid in Kentucky by...