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Map Shows States Where Conversion Therapy Is Legal as Kentucky May Lift Ban
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear referred to conversion therapy as "torture." His Republican counterparts may ignore his newest order altogether.
Federal cuts to Medicaid could hurt a health care lifeline in Eastern Kentucky | Opinion
For Eastern Kentucky, Medicaid isn’t just a program—it’s a lifeboat. Slashing it in the name of cost-savings might yield ...
Lexington Herald Leader29d
Republicans spring last-minute KY Medicaid changes, work requirements hours before passage
Ryan C. Hermens rhermens@herald-leader.com Republicans in the Kentucky legislature unveiled and passed significant changes to the state’s Medicaid program in the final hours of Friday ...
PBS28d
Changes Coming to Kentucky's Medicaid Program
GOP supermajorities passes changes to Kentucky's Medicaid program ... but because they don't fill out the form and they lose their health care coverage. Their health suffers, and sometimes ...
WLKY25d
Get the Facts: How could potential Medicaid cuts affect Kentucky families?
THESE MEDICAID CUTS ARE BEYOND CRUEL. THEY’RE GOING TO CLOSE HOSPITALS IN KENTUCKY. THEY’RE GOING TO DENY PEOPLE LIFE SAVING CARE THAT THEY NEED. KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN BRETT GUTHRIE IS LEADING ...
The Courier-Journal7d
Dental dilemma: Why Kentucky's supply of dentists is decaying
Many Kentucky dentists have stopped taking patients on Medicaid. The state's crop of dentists is shrinking, as more reach retirement age and fewer new dentists locate in Kentucky. Some counties in ...
Newsweek16d
Map Shows How Medicaid and SNAP Cuts Could Hit Your State
Languages: English. New Mexico and Kentucky could feel the greatest impact from Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit cuts in relation to job losses, according to ...
Governing28d
Kentucky Passes Last Minute Medicaid Work Requirement
GOP Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers, left, speaks with Democratic Sens. Robin Webb and Cassie Chambers Armstrong, right, in the Senate chambers at the Kentucky state Capitol on April 15 ...
The Courier-Journal19d
In legislature's final hour, lawmakers OK'd Medicaid work requirements. What happens next?
In the 2025 General Assembly, Kentucky Republican lawmakers approved a bill that would put mandatory work requirements in place for many Medicaid recipients. House Bill 695 would require all ...
Insurancenewsnet.com25d
KY bill adds a Medicaid work requirement. How else does it change the state’s program?
That is, until the bill changing many aspects of the state’s Medicaid program gained final passage in the Kentucky legislature with less than an hour to spare to make it safe from the governor ...
WKYT26d
Bill waiting on Gov. Beshear’s signature looks to change Medicaid in Ky.
One of those fast-tracked bills, House Bill 695, would make changes to Medicaid in Kentucky. It would add ... able to fill out some sort of reporting form that we’ve put into place,” said ...
WKYT26d
Bill waiting on Gov. Beshear’s signature looks to change Medicaid in Ky.
Ken Kurtz, the news director who led WKYT to journalistic excellence and ratings dominance in the 1970s and ‘80s, passed away at 95 years old. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services ...