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By Muhammad Lukman
Sunday, April 23, 2017
dental care
dentistry
health insurance
Medicaid
obamacare
optometry
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
vision
vision care
working poor
Proposed changes in Medicaid, especially making beneficiaries earn dental and vision benefits, alarm them and health advocates
Family Health Centers in Louisville built a dental clinic after Medicaid expanded; under proposed changes people in the expansion would have...
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dentistry,
health insurance,
Medicaid,
obamacare,
optometry,
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
vision,
vision care,
working poor
By Muhammad Lukman
Friday, April 14, 2017
business
employers
health insurance
Medicaid
state budget
state government
Business interests weigh in on behalf of Medicaid expansion
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Medicaid, a 52-year-old program that seems to be in line for big changes from elected officials who questio...
By Muhammad Lukman
Saturday, April 8, 2017
health insurance
Medicaid
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
poverty
working poor
Work requirements for Medicaid expansion would affect relatively few people; most are already working or would be exempt
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Requests by Kentucky and other states to require "able-bodied" Medicaid beneficiaries to w...
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health insurance,
Medicaid,
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
poverty,
working poor
By Muhammad Lukman
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Congress
federal spending
health care access
health care costs
health insurance
Medicaid
Medicare
obamacare
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
politics
polls
state budget
working poor
How Medicaid came to cover 1 in 3 people in Ky., 1 in 5 in U.S., and how it could be changed despite health bill's failure
Medicaid is the main reason many more people have health insurance, especially in Kentucky. These New York Times maps are interactive, with ...
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Congress,
federal spending,
health care access,
health care costs,
health insurance,
Medicaid,
Medicare,
obamacare,
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
politics,
polls,
state budget,
working poor
By Muhammad Lukman
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Congress
health insurance
Medicaid
obamacare
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
politics
president
state government
Health bill seems dead for this year, but changes are likely anyway in Medicaid and perhaps in private, subsidized insurance
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News What does the failure of the bill to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, bet...
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Congress,
health insurance,
Medicaid,
obamacare,
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
politics,
president,
state government
By Muhammad Lukman
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Congress
health insurance
insurance coverage
jobs
Medicaid
obamacare
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
politics
poverty
After meeting with Trump, Rep. Andy Barr tells town meeting that he will vote 'enthusiastically' for Republican health-reform bill
Lexington Herald-Leader video A day after meeting with President Trump, Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr of Lexington told constituents Satur...
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Congress,
health insurance,
insurance coverage,
jobs,
Medicaid,
obamacare,
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
politics,
poverty
By Muhammad Lukman
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
health care access
health insurance
health outcomes
insurance
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
research
Though more have insurance and can see a doctor, Ky. shows little gain on health outcomes; Chandler says that takes time
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The percentage of Kentuckians without health insurance has dropped by more than half since the imple...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky,
health care access,
health insurance,
health outcomes,
insurance,
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
research
By Muhammad Lukman
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
health insurance
smokeless tobacco
smoking
smoking cessation
state government; General Assembly
tobacco
Bill passes to decrease smoking; one doesn't; lawmakers set to pass resolution for feds to ditch plan to limit tobacco carcinogen
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – Smoke-free advocates would say that this legislative session's record is 1-2. T...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky,
health insurance,
smokeless tobacco,
smoking,
smoking cessation,
state government; General Assembly,
tobacco
Bill sent to Bevin would remove insurance-company barriers that keep Kentuckians from getting smoking-cessation treatments
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentuckians would have an easier time getting smoking-cessation treatments covered ...
By Muhammad Lukman
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Congress
federal spending
health care access
health care costs
health insurance
health reform
insurance
Medicaid
obamacare
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
politics
president
taxes
Paul says conservatives won't support Republican health plan, hope to negotiate one more to their liking with Trump involved
Sen. Rand Paul ( ABC image) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul laid out his objections to House GOP leaders’ bi...
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federal spending,
health care access,
health care costs,
health insurance,
health reform,
insurance,
Medicaid,
obamacare,
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
politics,
president,
taxes
By Muhammad Lukman
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Congress
federal spending
health insurance
health reform
health status
Medicaid
obamacare
politics
president
state budget
state government
Pence touts Republican health plan, seeking Sen. Paul's support; Democrats say vice president's remarks about Ky. are off base
Gov. Bevin and Vice President Pence ( C-J photo by Sam Upshaw) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky again became the epicenter of the h...
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federal spending,
health insurance,
health reform,
health status,
Medicaid,
obamacare,
politics,
president,
state budget,
state government
By Muhammad Lukman
4:52 PM
Congress
federal budget
federal spending
health insurance
health reform
Medicaid
obamacare
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
politics
American Health Care Act would have major impact on Ky. by phasing out Medicaid expansion, changing private insurance
By Danielle Ray and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The acronyms may be similar, but the American Health Care Act , Republicans' replaceme...
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federal budget,
federal spending,
health insurance,
health reform,
Medicaid,
obamacare,
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
politics
By Muhammad Lukman
Friday, March 10, 2017
accountability
emergency rooms
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
health insurance
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
research
Kentuckians on public insurance such as Medicaid used ERs more often after full implementation of the Affordable Care Act
Use of emergency rooms was expected to decrease after the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but it rose amon...
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accountability,
emergency rooms,
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky,
health insurance,
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
research
By Muhammad Lukman
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
governor
health insurance
health reform
Kynect
Medicaid
obamacare
politics
Ky. enrollment in Obamacare plans slightly less than last year
About the same number of Kentuckians signed up for subsidized health insurance on the federal health-insurance exchange as bought coverage o...
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governor,
health insurance,
health reform,
Kynect,
Medicaid,
obamacare,
politics
By Muhammad Lukman
7:00 AM
health insurance
insurance coverage
insurance exchange
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Ky. and most surrounding states had fewer companies on government health-insurance exchanges this year than last year
The number of health insurance companies offering subsidized coverage didn't shrink just in Kentucky, but in most of adjoining states, a...
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health insurance,
insurance coverage,
insurance exchange,
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
By Muhammad Lukman
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Congress
health insurance
health reform
Medicaid
obamacare
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Republican health-law drafts would reduce federal support for Medicaid and subsidies of private insurance
Kentucky would have to keep paying more for Medicaid, and people with federally subsidized health insurance would get less support, under a ...
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health insurance,
health reform,
Medicaid,
obamacare,
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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