Supporters of Obamacare rally in Ky. and protest repeal plans
“The event was billed as a public forum on the consequences of repealing the [Patient Protection and] Affordable Care Act and Kentucky Medicaid expansion. But at times it seemed more...
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“The event was billed as a public forum on the consequences of repealing the [Patient Protection and] Affordable Care Act and Kentucky Medicaid expansion. But at times it seemed more...
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul suggested Sunday that Kentucky and other states that expanded Medicaid under federal health reform should have to raise taxes to keep it expanded and not rely...
Kentucky Health News One Kentucky congressman was among the nine House Republicans who voted against a budget resolution that is the new Congress’s first step toward repealing the Patient Protection...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Jan. 31 is the deadline for Kentuckians who did not have health insurance through Kynect last year to sign up for health insurance through...
Paul, McConnell (Washington Post photo) Citing concerns about the federal budget deficit and the national debt, Rand Paul of Kentucky was the only Republican senator to vote against a non-binding...
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky “is gathering support among Republican lawmakers for an ACA replacement plan designed to make health insurance less expensive by lifting many of the health...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Repealing and not replacing two key parts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – expansion of the Medicaid program and subsidies for...
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By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky was one of the states helped most by the health reform law’s requirement that people with pre-existing conditions could get insurance – a...
The federal government is penalizing 11 Kentucky hospitals for falling short on patient safety in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, two more than last year. Medicare has imposed...