Trump meets with 'victims' of Obamacare, one from Louisville

President Trump talks about healthcare at Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport on Wednesday. Dan Withrow and his family, of Louisville, ...

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Senate GOP health bill would dramatically roll back Medicaid

Kentucky Health News The health bill that Senate Republicans will unveil Thursday "would reshape a big piece of the U.S. health-care...

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McConnell would phase out Medicaid expansion through 2024, cut old Medicaid after that; bill short of votes; Paul not on board

By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Senate Republicans' bill to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordabl...

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Bevin declines to join bipartisan group of governors' call for continuation of formula used to fund state Medicaid programs

By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bipartisan group of governors, including Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, is asking Congress...

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Senate health bill expected Thur., McConnell says; could stretch Medicaid expansion but then cut program more than House bill

By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Senate Republicans plan to make their repeal-and-replace-Obamacare bill public on Thurs...

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Post's chief fact-checker gives McConnell an upside-down Pinocchio for a flip-flop the senator won't acknowledge

"It has become a regular feature of the U.S. political system that the politicians in the minority accuse the politicians in power of c...

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Study says health bill passed by the House would cost Kentucky 16,500 jobs in the next decade

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A study says that if Congress and President Trump were to enact into law the health bill passed by t...

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Some Republican senators, including Rand Paul, don't like Mitch McConnell's strategy of drafting health bill in secret

Kentucky Health News Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell continues to catch heat from Democrats, and dissatisfaction from some Republican...

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McConnell defends private drafting of health bill; Paul opposes his plan to delay end of Medicaid expansion from 2020 to 2023

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky defended Senate Republicans' secret drafting of a new health-care law Tuesday, saying commit...

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Uncertainty about federal health law leads Ky. to extend filing deadline again; Anthem exits Ohio; states cut deals with insurers

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Uncertainty continues to surround the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's market for in...

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Senate health plan would extend Medicaid expansion past 2020; McConnell sounds more optimistic; aide says Paul's mind is open

The health bill being drafted by Republican senators would extend the Medicaid expansion beyond 2020, the ending date in the health bill the...

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Interactive TrumpCare Premium Increase Map

The Century Foundation has released an interactive premium map based on CBO projections if the AHCA (TrumpCare) were to become law. On M...

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McConnell says he doesn't know how he will get votes to repeal and replace Obamacare; his Republican colleagues turn gloomy

Mitch McConnell ( Reuters photo by Joshua Roberts) " U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday he does not yet kn...

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State health plan provides free or low- cost diabetic meds and supplies; study finds program improves employees' health

Kentucky.gov photo An analysis of Kentucky's state-employee health insurance plan, which provides free or reduced-cost diabetic medicati...

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This week, Sen. Mitch McConnell can start making decisions about what Senate Republicans will put in their health bill

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell's role in the national health debate "will come into sharp relief this week," Burgess Everett and Je...

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Trump budget will include big cuts to Medicaid, maybe work rules

The detailed budget that the Trump administration will release Tuesday will contain big cuts to Medicaid, reflecting the approach of the hea...

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Paul tells doctors and officials at Ashland hospital, a beneficiary of Medicaid expansion, that the country can't afford to keep it

Sen. Rand Paul at the hospital. ( Daily Independent photo by Rachel Adkins) The nation can't afford to continue the expansion of Medica...

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Study of Ind. Medicaid, proposed model for Ky., finds more than half of enrollees missed paying a premium and thus lost coverage

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky's plan to change Medicaid would require poor people to pay small, income-based premiums...

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