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Hospice program gives prisoners a chance to die, and live, with dignity
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Poll Finds Kentuckians Split With Gov. Matt Bevin on Expanded Medicaid
More than seven in 10 residents of Kentucky want their new governor, Matt Bevin, to keep the state’s expanded Medicaid program as it is, according to a new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Kentucky, Beacon for Health Law, Now a Lab for Its Retreat
Over the last few years, Kentucky captured the nation’s attention as the only Southern state to wholly embrace the health care law, most significantly by expanding Medicaid in 2014 to cover an additional 425,000 people so far.
Health Law Vulnerable to Errors in Coverage
The federal government is paying 100 percent of the cost of Medicaid for newly eligible people, but for others it should pay a much smaller share, averaging 57 percent of the costs.
Insurance Dropouts Present a Challenge for Health Law
Stephanie Douglas signed up for health insurance in January with the best intentions. She had suffered a stroke and needed help paying for her medicines and care. The plan she chose from the federal insurance exchange sounded affordable — $58.17 a month after the subsidy she received under the Affordable Care Act.
Delaware Hospice Chosen for Medicare Model Program
The goal of the program is to provide patients and their families with greater flexibility in deciding between hospice care and curative treatment when faced with a life-limiting illness.
Medicare Program Scales Back Hospice Drugs Restrictions
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it would now require prior-approval for coverage of only four categories of drugs: analgesics, anti-nauseants, laxatives and anti-anxiety drugs.