A breakdown of where states stand in implementing pieces of the federal health-care reform law shows Kentucky lagging behind. But Kentucky officials say they’re awaiting more direction from the federal government before...
A new government website is aimed at helping Kentuckians wade through the often overwhelming world of health insurance by providing information specific to the new health care law. The Kentucky...
Though it’s one of the centerpieces of the new health care law, most states have not taken steps to establish a health insurance exchange, and that incluides Kentucky. The exchanges...
Many of Kentucky’s 132 hospitals will lose money and be forced to merge because of the new health care law, says the president and CEO of the Kentucky Hospital Association....
Though the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act celebrates its first birthday today, most Americans admit they are still largely confused by what its provisions will mean for them. To...
Maine has been granted an exemption that Kentucky is also seeking — one that will exclude it from being subject to the health reform’s medical-care ratio rules. The ratio requirement...
In time for the one-year anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a forum will be held in Lexington to review the ins and outs...
Kentucky’s state employee health plan received nearly $30 million from a federal program established under the new health care law meant to help pay for early retiree benefits. Nationwide, $535...
Humana, Kentucky’s largest corporation, says it is reinventing itself in the wake of the federal health reform law, focusing on becoming a “well-being” company rather than just a provider of...
Rules in the federal health-care refom law are resulting in Kentucky companies making room and time for mothers breast-feeding their children, the Lexington Herald-Leader‘s Mary Meehan reports. Louisville Metro Government...