Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in Kentucky passed a hurdle this week when the Senate chose to accept billions of federal dollars in its budget to fund the law’s expansion of health insurance and built the budget based on the General Fund cost savings associated with the ACA. With 321,000 Kentuckians signed up for coverage so far and given the monies that will flow to health care providers, it’s becoming more unlikely Kentucky will ever move backward on this opportunity to make the state healthier.
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