This week, Sen. Mitch McConnell can start making decisions about what Senate Republicans will put in their health bill

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell's role in the national health debate "will come into sharp relief this week," Burgess Everett and Je...

Beshear joins lawsuit to defend Obamacare cost-sharing subsidies; D.C. appeals court to consider request Monday

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear and 15 of his counterparts have filed a motion aimed at maint...

Liberal-leaning group says that if Senate passes House health bill, or big parts of it, results will be dire for millions in rural America

Photo: businessinsider.com People who have health insurance through the Medicaid expansion are at great risk of losing their coverage if the...

McConnell says all Senate Republicans are working on health bill, invites Democrats to join them

McConnell used a graphic on the floor to drive home his point. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that all Republican senat...

Senate's health bill could vary significantly from House's; process will be a test of McConnell's relationship with Trump

Photo by Mark Wilson, Getty Images What will the U.S. Senate, led by Kentucky's Mitch McConnell, do with the health legislation that the...

House sends Senate bill that would abolish Medicaid expansion and open door to higher premiums for pre-existing conditions

By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The health-care bill passed Thursday by House Republicans would end the expansion of Medicaid in 2020, limi...

Rep. Yarmuth tells health advocates how to fix ACA: restore and maintain subsidies, offer public option to help small, rural counties

Dustin Pugel and Rep. Yarmuth at the meeting (AARP Ky. photo) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Congress needs to maintain subsidies...

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...

Free webinar on impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in Kentucky scheduled for Thursday, April 27

(Image from NeighborWorks.org ) The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky will offer a free webinar, "Impacts of Implementation of the Aff...

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 ...

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...

The divide between dentistry and medicine can have deadly consequences; policymakers are getting more interested

(Photo from ancienthistorybulletin.ca ) As anyone who has ever mistakenly thought that medical insurance would cover their visit to the dent...

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...

New Medicaid boss, mentor Pence and Trump seek changes in program like some Bevin has asked her agency to approve for Ky.

Seema Verma  ( Getty Images ) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The newly confirmed director of the nation's Medicaid program quickly ser...

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...

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...