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- Beshear Writes Reply To A Virginia Newspaper, Pushing Medicaid Expansion Like He Implemented In Kentucky
Gov. Steve Beshear, trying to help a fellow Democratic governor who is trying to expand Medicaid, has written a response to an editorial in which a Virginia largest state-capital newspaper opposed the move. "Our success undercuts your whole...
- Expanding Medicaid In Kentucky Would Add 5 Percent To The State's Cost Over The Next 10 Years, National Study Predicts
Expanding Medicaid to people making up to 138 percent of the poverty level under federal health reform and its heavy subsidies would cost Kentucky about 5 percent more for Medicaid over the next 10 years than doing nothing, the Kaiser Family Foundation said...
- Legislators, Doctors Debate How Health Law Will Or Should Affect Kentucky; We Answer Some Questions That Were Left Hanging
By Tara Kaprowy and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Though host Bill Goodman (above, in an advance promo) said they just "scratched the surface" on what the federal health-care reform law will mean for Kentucky, physicians and legislators debated Medicaid...
- As High Court Upholds Health Care Law, Beshear Orders Creation Of State Insurance Exchange; Questions Remain About Medicaid
Journalists wait to hear the Supreme Court's ruling. (Associated Press photo by Evan Vucci)By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Voting 5-4, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the federal health-care reform law, the core of which requires individuals...
- Health Reform Upheld: A Summary Of The Supreme Court's Decision
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited decision on the health reform bill, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, this morning. This historic decision has upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection...
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Work of UK prof was cited in decision on health care
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| Professor Nicole Huberfeld. University of Kentucky photo. |
The work of a University of Kentucky law professor helped shape the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the constitutionality of the federal health-care reform law.
Two of the major issues in question was whether the government could be force people to buy health insurance ? often referred to as the individual mandate ? and if the federal government could use its fiscal powers top make states expand Medicaid eligibility to 133 percent of the federal poverty level. The mandate was upheld, as was the Medicaid expansion, though the ruling will allow states to choose whether or not they want to expand their programs.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg cited the work of UK professor Nicole Huberfeld "in a portion of her concurring opinion dealing with the expansion of Medicaid," reports Brian Powers for Business Lexington. In her work, Huberfeld has focused on the program for the poor and disabled and had researched "the intersection of constitutional law and health-care law," Powers reports.
When Huberfeld was told her work had been cited she said it was "amazing," as well as "thrilling ... humbling." She added, "We sometimes feel that we perform our research and publish it and get it out there, and to know that someone is actually reading it is really gratifying. When you write, you hope that someone reads your research." (Read more)
- Beshear Writes Reply To A Virginia Newspaper, Pushing Medicaid Expansion Like He Implemented In Kentucky
Gov. Steve Beshear, trying to help a fellow Democratic governor who is trying to expand Medicaid, has written a response to an editorial in which a Virginia largest state-capital newspaper opposed the move. "Our success undercuts your whole...
- Expanding Medicaid In Kentucky Would Add 5 Percent To The State's Cost Over The Next 10 Years, National Study Predicts
Expanding Medicaid to people making up to 138 percent of the poverty level under federal health reform and its heavy subsidies would cost Kentucky about 5 percent more for Medicaid over the next 10 years than doing nothing, the Kaiser Family Foundation said...
- Legislators, Doctors Debate How Health Law Will Or Should Affect Kentucky; We Answer Some Questions That Were Left Hanging
By Tara Kaprowy and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Though host Bill Goodman (above, in an advance promo) said they just "scratched the surface" on what the federal health-care reform law will mean for Kentucky, physicians and legislators debated Medicaid...
- As High Court Upholds Health Care Law, Beshear Orders Creation Of State Insurance Exchange; Questions Remain About Medicaid
Journalists wait to hear the Supreme Court's ruling. (Associated Press photo by Evan Vucci)By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Voting 5-4, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the federal health-care reform law, the core of which requires individuals...
- Health Reform Upheld: A Summary Of The Supreme Court's Decision
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited decision on the health reform bill, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, this morning. This historic decision has upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection...