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Showing posts with label Kentucky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kentucky. Show all posts

12/21/13

Mitch McConnell Wants To Repeal Heath Care Of Over 92,000 Kentuckians

Mitch McConnell Wants To Repeal Heath Care Of Over 92,000 Kentuckians
"And when any Republican talks about repealing Obamacare, what they're really calling for is repealing health care insurance for every single person who has gotten their coverage on a health care exchange, and the number of people in that group is growing with each and every passing day."

11/7/13

From Kentucky, a reminder of the bigger health insurance picture

www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/05/1253247/-From-Kentucky-a-reminder-of-the-bigger-health-insurance-nbsp-picture
"Kentucky has become an early success story in the roll-out of Obamacare, with a Democratic governor, Steve Beshear, whose administration has tackled getting their program—Kynect—up and running efficiently. Just as important, Kentucky has committed to an extensive outreach program to get people educated, informed and signed up."

10/3/13

PERRspectives: Kentucky's Success Makes a Mockery of GOP Obamacare Foes

PERRspectives: Kentucky's Success Makes a Mockery of GOP Obamacare Foes
Meanwhile in Republican-dominated states like Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Georgia and more, the GOP has manufactured a "coverage gap" ensuring that millions of their residents will needlessly be left without health insurance next year. But as Governor Steve Beshear shows, it doesn't need to be this way. As Mark A. Rothstein, a professor of law and medicine at the University of Louisville put it:
"If the law can go in Kentucky, it can go anywhere."

5/9/13

Kentucky Will Expand Medicaid Under Obamacare, Cutting Its Uninsured Population By More Than Half

Kentucky Will Expand Medicaid Under Obamacare, Cutting Its Uninsured Population By More Than Half: Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) announced on Thursday that he would accept federal money to expand his state’s Medicaid program under Obamacare. That brings the total number of states participating in the optional expansion up to either 22 or 18 (plus the District of Columbia) — depending on the actions of some state legislatures that [...]/p