Webinar scheduled Mon. on proposed changes to Medicaid
Want to have your say about the proposed changes to the Medicaid program in Kentucky before the July 22 deadline, or just learn more about it? A web-based seminar, or...
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Want to have your say about the proposed changes to the Medicaid program in Kentucky before the July 22 deadline, or just learn more about it? A web-based seminar, or...
A study of three rural hospital closures last year, including one in Kentucky, found that several factors led to the hospitals’ demise and that access to care, especially emergency care,...
The final hearing on Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan to change the Medicaid program will be held tomorrow at a different location than first planned, but with a video livestream. The...
Gov. Matt Bevin said when he announced his plan to change Medicaid that if the federal government didn’t approve it, he would end the eligibility expansion that has added more...
Supporters of the current Medicaid expansion sat on the front row of a packed hearing room in Frankfort. By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Supporters were few and far between...
Governor Matt Bevin (Photo from politicususa.com) By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s most reliably liberal editorial voice and one of its most reliably conservative are, not surprisingly, on opposite...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan for Medicaid might not be approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as readily as he suggested, because...
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Reactions to Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan to change Medicaid were predictably mixed, from health-reform advocates saying it is “paternalistic,” too complex,...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News In a state that once had more tobacco farms than any other, Kentuckians in all regions of the state support policies that discourage use...
The state’s revised Medicaid program won’t require any beneficiaries to pay premiums, but it may offer fewer benefits, Medicaid Commissioner Stephen Miller told Adam Beam of The Associated Press. But...