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- Business Leaders Discuss Possibility Of Expanding Medicaid Through Private Insurance
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Some Kentucky business leaders are discussing a possible endorsement of expanding Medicaid through private insurance, in a plan similar to one the federal government approved for Arkansas. The Health Policy Council...
- Feds Letting Arkansas Privatize Medicaid Expansion; Idea Could Spread Like Wildfire, As In Florida, But Cost Questions Remain
Arkansas has turned heads nationally with its preliminary plan to expand Medicaid using the private insurance market, showing that the Obama administration is willing to give states more flexibility than expected in expanding the program. Health and Human...
- Feds Tell States It's All Or Nothing On Medicaid Expansion; Washington Post Map Shows Ky. Is Only State 'leaning' Toward It
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News When the Supreme Court upheld federal health reform but said states could opt out of the expansion of Medicaid to people with incomes above the poverty line, to be funded with generous federal subsidies, one of the first...
- As Beshear And Williams Equivocate, Hoover And Mcconnell Say State Should Not Expand Medicaid Under Health Reform
Kentucky Health News The Republican leader of the state House said today that Kentucky should not take advantage of an expansion of Medicaid under federal health reform because it would cost too much once the state starts paying 10 percent of the cost....
- Experts Disagree On Whether States Will Choose To Expand Medicaid
Experts disagree on whether states will choose to expand Medicaid, a crucial, but voluntary, part of the federal health-care reform law. Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled the federal government could not force states to expand the system for the poor...
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Chart shows impact of Medicaid expansion or rejection
A one-stop graphic that spells out what's in store for states that don't elect to expand Medicaid is the subject of a report by The Washington Post's Sarah Kliff.
The charts show governors who elect not to expand the insurance program for the poor and disabled will leave their poorest citizens without coverage.
One segment of the chart uses Arkansas as an example of what would happen if expansion is rejected. Because Medicaid eligibility varies by state, the picture will be considerably different for Kentucky, since families in this state are eligible for Medicaid up to about 60 percent of the poverty line compared to Arkansas's 17 percent, as indicated by the bottom segment of the chart.
The chart shows that if Kentucky were to reject expansion, people with incomes from the poverty line down to 60 percent of the line would not be eligible for any government coverage or assistance.
For a larger version of the chart and a clear look at a complicated subject, click here.
- Business Leaders Discuss Possibility Of Expanding Medicaid Through Private Insurance
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Some Kentucky business leaders are discussing a possible endorsement of expanding Medicaid through private insurance, in a plan similar to one the federal government approved for Arkansas. The Health Policy Council...
- Feds Letting Arkansas Privatize Medicaid Expansion; Idea Could Spread Like Wildfire, As In Florida, But Cost Questions Remain
Arkansas has turned heads nationally with its preliminary plan to expand Medicaid using the private insurance market, showing that the Obama administration is willing to give states more flexibility than expected in expanding the program. Health and Human...
- Feds Tell States It's All Or Nothing On Medicaid Expansion; Washington Post Map Shows Ky. Is Only State 'leaning' Toward It
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News When the Supreme Court upheld federal health reform but said states could opt out of the expansion of Medicaid to people with incomes above the poverty line, to be funded with generous federal subsidies, one of the first...
- As Beshear And Williams Equivocate, Hoover And Mcconnell Say State Should Not Expand Medicaid Under Health Reform
Kentucky Health News The Republican leader of the state House said today that Kentucky should not take advantage of an expansion of Medicaid under federal health reform because it would cost too much once the state starts paying 10 percent of the cost....
- Experts Disagree On Whether States Will Choose To Expand Medicaid
Experts disagree on whether states will choose to expand Medicaid, a crucial, but voluntary, part of the federal health-care reform law. Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled the federal government could not force states to expand the system for the poor...