Tag: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Feds tell states it’s all or nothing on Medicaid expansion; Washington Post map shows Ky. is only state ‘leaning’ toward it
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News When the Supreme Court upheld federal health reform but said states could opt out of the expansion of Medicaid to people with incomes above...
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American Lung Association calls state’s tobacco-cessation benefit inadequate now that Medicaid is under managed care
Kentucky added a robust tobacco cessation benefit to its Medicaid program, only to lose much of it in 2011 by putting the program under managed care by insurance companies, the American...
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Expanding Medicaid in Kentucky would add 5 percent to the state’s cost over the next 10 years, national study predicts
Expanding Medicaid to people making up to 138 percent of the poverty level under federal health reform and its heavy subsidies would cost Kentucky about 5 percent more for Medicaid...
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Lame-duck Congress could cut funding for critical access hospitals; more than two dozen in Kentucky
Critical access hospitals, which in most states are rural facilities with fewer than 25 beds, may be under attack in the lame-duck session of Congress, former national rural-health director Wayne...
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Poll: A quarter of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky residents skip doctor visits and are behind on their medical bills
Nearly one-quarter of adults throughout Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky did not always go to the doctor when they needed to during the past year, according to a Cincinnati Enquirer...
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In Ky. and elsewhere, elections may decide Medicaid expansion
In Texas, Brandi DeFrank’s Medicaidcoverage ended when her baby, Gabriel,was born. His coverage continued. Voters’ choices on Tuesday about who sits in statehouses may matter more in the long run...
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Association of Health Care Journalists’ reporting fellowship application deadline is Nov. 9
The Association of Health Care Journalists is offering fellowships for reporting on health care performance to journalists who wish to pursue a significant year-long reporting project related to the U.S....
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Opportunity for news stories: New federal rules mean all nonprofit hospitals must do a community health needs assessment
It’s long been the rule that nonprofit hospitals have had to provide charitable benefits to their community in order to keep their nonprofit status. That’s no small matter, given that...
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One of Humana’s plans to get 5% more in Medicare payouts under bonus plan that rewards proof of preventive care
The Courier-Journal reports that Louisville-based Humana Inc. will get 5 percent more in Medicare payments and the highest rating for one of its health plans under a government program that...
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Obamacare is unpopular in nine swing states, but not when the law is described without that label
Party labels affect what rural voters think about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to the latest National Rural Assembly and Center for Rural Strategies poll of rural...