CLOSE FRANKFORT, Ky. — “Kynect” is back, repurposed as a one-stop, online shop for people to apply for Medicaid and a host of other resources such as food and child care assistance, job training and help for the elderly and people with disabilities. Gov. Andy Beshear announced the launch of the state website Monday, initially created […]
Medicaid
A fresh future for Medicaid
The coronavirus started as a medical crisis, but quickly produced an unemployment crisis and a state fiscal crisis. Medicaid, the state-operated health care entitlement that covers 67 million low-income Americans, has been strained by all three. As unemployment increases, so does eligibility for the program and the costs that it […]
After victories, Medicaid expansion revisited in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After voters expanded Medicaid in conservative states like Missouri and Oklahoma, health care advocates are renewing a push for expansion in Mississippi and other Southern states where Republican leaders have long been opposed. They say the changing tide has followed rising income inequality, joblessness and pressure […]