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- 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 Sen. Mitch McConnell and Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes has seen the candidates...
- Kentuckians Like Kynect Coverage As Long As It's Not Called 'obamacare,' And Some Don't Like To Talk About It
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you -- unless you're talking about the word "Obamacare" and its impact on the U.S. Senate race in Kentucky, the only Southern state to have both...
- 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 half, "there is little evidence it will help" Kentucky Democrats in the Nov. 4 elections, reports Abby Goodnough...
- Senate Oks Bill To Fund Pediatric Cancer And Autism Research
With the backing of Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, the U.S. Senate has passed a bill designed to assist in funding research of pediatric cancer and autism, funded by money now used to pay for presidential campaigns and party conventions. The proposed...
- Nationwide, Eyes On Are Ky.'s Implementation And Debate About Obamacare, And Thousands Of Kentuckians Are Signing Up For It
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The good, the bad and the ugly about health reform in Kentucky are showing up on national news as the state's two Republican senators stand vehemently against Obamacare and the state's Democratic governor...
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Success of Kynect puts both Senate candidates in a pickle
"The early success of Kentucky?s health care exchange, Kynect, is creating quandaries for both Mitch McConnell and Alison Lundergan Grimes as they address Obamacare" in Kentucky's U.S. Senate race," James R. Carroll reports for The Courier-Journal.
"For McConnell, the Senate minority leader, continued attacks on Obamacare ? i.e., the Affordable Care Act ? pose risk because the law?s implementation under Kynect has produced 421,000 enrollees in the Bluegrass State, and more public support than opposition," Carroll writes. "For Grimes, the issue is whether to fully embrace the exchange?s success as she tries to rally key elements of the Democratic base that is largely for the health-care law ? while still separating herself from President Obama, who is unpopular in the state."
Carroll quotes Susan Zepeda, president of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky: ?Campaign politics does not lend itself to a deep-dive into the complexities of multifaceted issues of what access to health care and payment for health care means to Kentucky communities and to Kentuckians,? so the debate is more complicated than ?repeal Obamacare? or ?support Kynect,? Carroll writes, in a story that goes on to explain it all.
"For McConnell, the Senate minority leader, continued attacks on Obamacare ? i.e., the Affordable Care Act ? pose risk because the law?s implementation under Kynect has produced 421,000 enrollees in the Bluegrass State, and more public support than opposition," Carroll writes. "For Grimes, the issue is whether to fully embrace the exchange?s success as she tries to rally key elements of the Democratic base that is largely for the health-care law ? while still separating herself from President Obama, who is unpopular in the state."
Carroll quotes Susan Zepeda, president of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky: ?Campaign politics does not lend itself to a deep-dive into the complexities of multifaceted issues of what access to health care and payment for health care means to Kentucky communities and to Kentuckians,? so the debate is more complicated than ?repeal Obamacare? or ?support Kynect,? Carroll writes, in a story that goes on to explain it all.
- 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 Sen. Mitch McConnell and Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes has seen the candidates...
- Kentuckians Like Kynect Coverage As Long As It's Not Called 'obamacare,' And Some Don't Like To Talk About It
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you -- unless you're talking about the word "Obamacare" and its impact on the U.S. Senate race in Kentucky, the only Southern state to have both...
- 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 half, "there is little evidence it will help" Kentucky Democrats in the Nov. 4 elections, reports Abby Goodnough...
- Senate Oks Bill To Fund Pediatric Cancer And Autism Research
With the backing of Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, the U.S. Senate has passed a bill designed to assist in funding research of pediatric cancer and autism, funded by money now used to pay for presidential campaigns and party conventions. The proposed...
- Nationwide, Eyes On Are Ky.'s Implementation And Debate About Obamacare, And Thousands Of Kentuckians Are Signing Up For It
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The good, the bad and the ugly about health reform in Kentucky are showing up on national news as the state's two Republican senators stand vehemently against Obamacare and the state's Democratic governor...