New Census Data Shows Continued Gains in Health Insurance Coverage Thanks to ACA
U.S. Census data released today shows Kentucky continued its historic progress in reducing the share of Kentuckians without health insurance...
Press Release
Higher Ed Cuts Keep Kentucky Among Worst in Nation
An annual report on higher education cuts across the U.S. shows Kentucky’s continued budget reductions are keeping us among the bottom 10 states when it comes to per-student funding cuts...
Press Release: Report Shows Switch to 401k System Will Cause Added Harm
A new report released today by the Kentucky Public Pension Coalition (KPPC) shows how switching to a 401(k)-type retirement plan (also known as a defined contribution system) will not help...
Statement on the Failure of Health Repeal in the Senate
KCEP Executive Director Jason Bailey on the failure of Affordable Care Act repeal legislation in the U. S. Senate: "The collapse of the effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act...
Statement on Vote to Debate Health Care Repeal
Statement by Dustin Pugel, research and policy associate, on the vote to debate health care repeal: "The Senate just voted to start the clock on a vote to repeal the...
Trump Budget Would Harm Kentuckians, Push Massive Costs Onto State
President Trump’s budget slashes nutrition, health care, and other important assistance that helps hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians meet basic living standards – food on the table, a roof over...
Profitable Fortune 500 Companies in Kentucky Avoid Paying Millions in State Corporate Income Taxes
Despite strong profits for the nation’s biggest and most successful multistate corporations, a large share of Fortune 500 businesses — including some Kentucky-based companies — are paying taxes at a...
Young Undocumented Immigrants in Kentucky Contributing More than $9 million in State and Local Taxes
With uncertainty around how the Trump administration will treat policies that currently offer protection to undocumented immigrants brought here as children, a new report from the Institute on Taxation and...
Statement on Failure of Health Law Repeal
Statement by Jason Bailey, KCEP executive director, on the failure of health repeal in the House of Representatives: "Today is a great day for the health of Kentuckians and the...
Congressional Budget Office Estimates Show Health Repeal Would Cause Deep Harm
Despite many Americans gaining health coverage and vital patient protections, Congress is considering repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and replacing it with the American Health Care Act (AHCA). According...