Affordable Care Act

Health Group Starts Ad Campaign in Support of Kentucky Medicaid Expansion

Kentucky Public Radio's Kenny Colston — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:28:12 +0000

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A leading health organization in Kentucky is putting the pressure on Governor Steve Beshear to expand Medicaid services under the Affordable Care Act.

Kentucky Voices for Health Executive Director Regan Hunt says her group is launching a two-week radio ad campaign pressure Beshear to expand Medicaid. The radio ad campaign will be partnered with a month long online ad campaign.

Tea Party Activists Take Aim At Insurance Exchange

Associated Press — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:51:15 +0000

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Tea party activists are pushing to dismantle Kentucky's new health insurance exchange before it even gets off the ground.

Activists said Thursday after a board meeting for the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange that they are supporting a bill to require legislative approval of the exchange, which was created by executive order of the governor.

Partisan Battle Could Be Ahead For Health Reforms

Associated Press — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:44:46 +0000

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature are primed for a lively debate on federal health care changes that could provide Medicaid benefits to some 400,000 additional Kentuckians and create an insurance exchange that would make it easier for people to find affordable private coverage.

Speaker Stumbo Favors Medicaid Expansion in Kentucky

Kentucky Public Radio's Kenny Colston — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:44:28 +0000

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The Speaker of the Kentucky House says it’s a no-brainer for Kentucky to expand its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act.

Under the health care law, states can expanded their Medicaid rolls to 138 percent of the poverty line and for three years, the federal government will pay for the expansion.

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has yet to decide on whether Kentucky will expand, saying he will calculating costs after 2017, when the feds pay only 90 percent of expansion.

Gov. Beshear Weighs Medicaid Expansion

Kenny Colston, Kentucky Public Radio — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:00:23 +0000

FRANKFORT, Ky. - With Kentucky actively setting up its health insurance exchange, the final piece of compliance with the Affordable Care Act is a decision on Medicaid expansion.

Kentucky Health Exchange On Schedule

Josh James — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:47:40 +0000

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Governor Steve Beshear says Kentucky is on track to meet federal deadlines to create and manage its own health exchange, as mandated by the new health care reform law. That’s despite heated debate inside the joint Health and Welfare committee last month over the legality of the governor’s executive order creating the exchange.

Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Hosts Conference on Affordable Care Act

Chase Cavanaugh — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:57:35 +0000

LEXINGTON, KY- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the subject of an all-day conference by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce in downtown Lexington today.

Governor Beshear Reads To Kids At "The Nest"

Josh James — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:34:21 +0000

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A group of kids at The Nest Child Care Center in Lexington welcomed a special storyteller Monday – Governor Steve Beshear. Beshear spoke to WUKY after the event about the effect Kentucky’s new health care exchange could have on children in the Bluegrass.

Beshear Creates Health Insurance Exchange In Kentucky

Kenny Colston, Kentucky Public Radio — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:03:42 +0000

FRANKFORT, Ky. - After weeks of promising to do so, Governor Steve Beshear has set up a state-run health insurance exchange in Kentucky.

American Medical Association Waiting on SCOTUS Ruling

Brenna Angel — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:17:21 +0000

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Whatever decision the U.S. Supreme Court hands down on Thursday regarding the Affordable Care Act, the American Medical Association says it will continue to lobby lawmakers on behalf of the poor and uninsured.