The Kentucky Department of Insurance has recommended that the Anthem Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plan serve as the “benchmark” plan for the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange, as well as for...
Margaret Levi, a lawyer with the Lexington firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, has authored a new publication, The Impact of Health Care Reform on Kentucky Employers. The 68-page booklet,...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will likely save the average person with traditional Medicare coverage $5,000 from 2010 to 2022,...
Gov. Steve Beshear today appointed the board to make recommendations for the state health-insurance marketplace required by federal health reform. The Health Benefit Exchange Advisory Board, originally planned to include 11...
Former health and family services secretary Janie Miller, who resigned in February, has become chief executive of the Kentucky Health Cooperative, a new type of health-insurance organization established by the...
Some nationally recognized heart specialists will speak directly to Kentuckians about heart disease tonight on the season premiere of Health Three60 on KET. Cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death...
That giant whooshing sound you just heard may have been the sound of millions of baby boomers letting out of sigh of relief. That’s because CNN.com did some much needed...
For county-by-county data, see below. The U.S. Census Bureau released data this week showing 2010 estimates of health insurance coverage for all 50 states and each of the nation’s counties....
One of the most complex and far-reaching pieces of legislation to pass in recent years is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the federal health-care reform law that, among...
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and runningmate Paul Ryan talk health care in New Hampshire. Photoby Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe. The federal health reform law continues to be...