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In the United States, Medicaid is a government program that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by state governments, which also have wide latitude in determining eligibility and benefits, but the federal government sets baseline standards for state Medicaid programs and provides a ...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Trump administration has again approved new rules for some of Kentucky's Medicaid population, requiring them to either get a job, volunteer in the community or go to ...
The concern behind the measure, House Bill 408, is that some substance-abuse recovery facilities have recruited clients from Tennessee and other states to come to Kentucky and enroll in Medicaid ...
Republican candidate Daniel Cameron said Wednesday that he would move quickly as Kentucky's governor to revive a push to require some able-bodied adults to work in exchange for health care ...
As initially passed, the ACA was designed to provide universal health care in the U.S.: those with employer-sponsored health insurance would keep their plans, those with middle-income and lacking employer-sponsored health insurance could purchase subsidized insurance via newly established health insurance marketplaces, and those with low-income would be covered by the expansion of Medicaid.
5.3 million were eligible for ACA/Obamacare tax credits but did not enroll in the program. An estimated 46% cited costs as a barrier to getting insurance coverage. Nearly 12 million (43%) of persons were eligible for financial assistance (Medicaid or ACA subsidies) but did not enroll to obtain it. [34]
“We know that when people cannot see or hear well, or have poor oral health, it hinders their ability to seek and maintain a job,” Gov. Beshear said of the expansion for 900,000 Kentuckians.
Even for doctors trained in addiction medicine — motivated to treat opioid addicts with buprenorphine and able to work within Medicaid’s numerical limits — there are still roadblocks. Kentucky’s Medicaid program, like those of many other states, requires prior authorization before it agrees to pay for the medication.