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Because the expansion of Medicaid and creation of a state health insurance exchange will provide health coverage to several hundred thousand people, Kentucky will have workforce needs associated with meeting the new demand for care. While that's a short-term challenge, it's also an opportunity to create more of the good jobs that Kentuckians need.
The Medicaid expansion is expected to make coverage available to up to 308,000 Kentuckians, while the exchange will offer insurance to another estimated 332,000. The Medicaid expansion alone will bring over $1.2 billion a year in additional spending in the Kentucky economy by 2015, creating over 15,000 jobs according to an analysis by the University of Louisville's Urban Studies Institute.
