Anthem loses court fight to keep managing Medicaid for 172,000
Table from Kentucky Medicaid dashboard, which has county-level numbers Kentucky Health News Anthem Kentucky has failed in its attempt to remain as the manager of Medicaid coverage for about 170,000 Kentuckians,...
Senate budget restores Medicaid funding that House cut, but process is far from over
The Kentucky Senate has largely eliminated cuts to Medicaid that were proposed in the House budget. A top state official had warned the House plan would create a hole...
Bill to get home blood test kits covered by Medicaid clears Senate committee
FRANKFORT — A House bill that would require Kentucky Medicaid to cover at-home blood test kits has passed a Senate committee and faces two more hurdles before becoming law. ...
Contrary to Trump’s musings, McConnell says efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are ‘largely over’
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell waited for President Biden to arrive for the State of the Union speech Thursday, March 7, in the House chamber. (Pool photo by Shawn Thew,...
House plan would create ‘a hole’ in Kentucky Medicaid budget, Senate committee told
FRANKFORT — The state Senate began its review of the House two-year budget proposal Wednesday, starting with Medicaid, a $15 billion a year program that provides health coverage and...
Bill would save Kentucky consumers money, help independent pharmacies survive, says sponsor
Four years after leading the effort to cut corporate middlemen out of the prescription drug business for Kentucky’s Medicaid program, Sen. Max Wise now is taking aim at those...