Showing posts with label health reform. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health reform. Show all posts
Chain restaurants, theaters, amusement parks and grocery delis must post calorie counts in a year, to fight obesity
Kynect policyholders get premium notices, are urged to check website to see if a better deal is available
The 80,000-plus Kentuckians who bought private health insurance during the first open enrollment period under the federal health-reform law ...
Carrie Banahan, director of Kynect, is named one of Governing magazine's nine Public Officials of the Year
Reform law's backers say it boosts economy by freeing 'job lock;' foes cite estimate that it will make some drop out of job market
As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's second enrollment period gets underway, supporters of the law say it boosts the econ...
Hospitals, plagued by bad debt, ask or even require patients with high-deductible insurance plans to pay in advance
Second round of private insurance enrollment under Obamacare starts Nov. 15; rates estimated to rise an average of 4.6%
Sen. Mitch McConnell faces diverse pressures on the question of repealing the federal health-reform law
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he still wants to get rid of Obamacare, and the Kentuckian is "under rapidly incre...
Exit poll: Half of voters say Kynect works well, but almost as many say Obamacare went too far; 45% favor pot legalization
In Senate race, McConnell and Grimes differ on health care
By Cheyene Miller University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications The U.S. Senate race between Republican ...
McConnell runs anti-Obamacare ad with doctor who connects pre-existing condition with cancellation of insurance
Free-standing emergency departments could be the solution to keeping hospital services in rural areas
Claims that health-reform law is putting Kentuckians out of work don't hold up to scrutiny, economic experts say
"Key Republicans running for election Nov. 4 say the federal Affordable Care Act is putting Kentuckians out of work, but employment dat...
Obamacare seems to be no plus for Kentucky Democrats, perhaps mainly because of the word's first three syllables
Though the federal health-reform law has helped cover more than half a million Kentuckians and cut the state's uninsured population by h...
State won't estimate cost of greater-than-expected Medicaid expansion for 'a few additional months' – after Nov. election
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The Republican-controlled state Senate's budget committee chair wants to know how much Democratic Gov. ...
Expert says Ky. is one of 13 states where people in individual insurance market are better off than before reform law
Mental-health coverage now required, but access is limited; Medicaid share of all new Ky. enrollments is 85 percent
More people in Kentucky and the nation have access to mental-health care than ever, because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Ac...
Beshear cites examples of health reform's benefits, while McConnell keeps up criticism, at Farm Bureau's ham breakfast
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear and Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell squared off on health-care reform fo...
Grimes and McConnell lay out differences on health reform
By Al Cross and Megan Ingros Kentucky Health News U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell kept attacking federal health-care reform and challenger Alison ...
Women leading Ky. Health: With less than 16 months left, Haynes tries to 'bake in' health reform, managed care, more
Women leading Kentucky health: State health commissioner sees 'stars aligned' for Kentucky to finally get healthier
