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McNay: The opening round in battle to implement health reform
A recent battle in my home state of Kentucky gives a good preview of how the national battle to implement health care reform is going to go: kicking and screaming.
On Sept. 23, the first part of health care reform hit the streets. The Patient Protection...Tags: Health Insurance, Family, CBS Corp., Kentucky, Health Care Reform (2009)
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State and federal budget cuts have to happen soon
Last November, we sent Rand Paul to Washington to stop the runaway spending that was going on. Every time his proposals come up, he is ridiculed. They say he’s outrageous. Is he? All his proposals can be accomplished. Do away with the...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Washington (U.S. state), Fraud, Crime, Law and Justice, Medicare
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Mayfield: Governor's speech sets tone for session
It’s back to work in Frankfort for the second half of the 2011 legislative session, and I am hopeful this session will be one of progress as we spend the next several weeks discussing bill proposals and passing legislation.
Our return began with the...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Health Insurance, Politics, Executive Branch, Kentucky Legislature
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Hope Clinic sets open house at new Danville facility
The Hope Clinic will celebrate its new location at 105 Daniel Drive with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house from 2-4 p.m. Feb. 27.
The ribbon-cutting will be at 2 p.m. Refreshments and guided tours of the facility are planned. The clinic is next...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Prescription Drugs, Hospitals and Clinics, Drugs and Medicines, Kentucky
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Rand Paul's war on the poor
Only a few weeks into his six-year term as U.S. Senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul has gone off the tracks. He’d been putting the coal to the engine of the crazy train throughout his campaign, piling one embarrassing media disaster upon another, but...Tags: Finance, Poverty, Elections, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Services
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Special-session shenanigans devoid of honesty, substance
Journal columnistThey planned this. The Kentucky House of Representatives knowingly and willfully colluded with Gov. Steve Beshear to pass the Medicaid budget “compromise” with a plan of vetoing all of the “compromises” all along. The Democrats...Tags: Finance, Republican Party, Health Insurance, Politics, Executive Branch
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Senate attempts to resolve Medicaid budget shortfall
State senatorThe State Senate adjourned Thursday night having signed the Senate Committee Substitute to House Bill 1, legislation to resolve the Medicaid budget shortfall. Without even a need for a conference committee, the bill passed the House of Representatives...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Health Insurance, Colleges and Universities, Politics, Executive Branch
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Special session focuses on Medicaid shortfall
State representativeIn spite of our best efforts, including more than 80 percent of the legislators and the governor in agreement, consensus on the Medicaid shortfall could not be reached with the Senate Republican leaders at the end of 2011 Regular Session, so the...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Health Insurance, Politics, Executive Branch, Elections
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House ends its special session
State representativeThe House gave final passage in special session late last Thursday evening to a Medicaid funding bill that would fix Kentucky’s $139 million 2011 Medicaid shortfall without, according to a promise by the governor, that he kept on Friday afternoon,...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, Health Insurance, Politics, Colleges and Universities
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Democrats trying to "mediscare" Medicare out of existence
Journal columnistI never really thought I’d see the day when Americans would choose to let government make decisions for them over their ability to choose for themselves. That is what we would be doing if we were to leave Medicare on the status quo trajectory...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Ben Chandler, Medicare, Health, Medical Services
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Chandler: Medicare program threatened
The Winchester SunKentucky Congressman Ben Chandler met with a group of seniors at the Generations Center Wednesday to talk about Medicare and potential threats to the social insurance program. Chandler called programs like Social Security and Medicare “...Tags: Medicare, Kentucky, Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, Economy, Business and Finance
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Chandler: Ryan budget would destroy Medicare
Nearly since the birth of Social Security and Medicare, these two successful programs have been under constant attack. I remember so clearly in 2005 fighting against President Bush’s plan to privatize Social Security and gamble seniors’...Tags: Finance, Washington (U.S. state), Executive Branch, Government, Medical Services
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