November 4, 2013
About 280,000 Kentuckians will have to give up their current insurance policies in the months ahead and enroll in alternatives that comply with the Affordable Care Act, the federal health care reform law. Kentucky Department of Insurance spokeswoman Ronda Sloan …
June 25, 2013
Kentuckians will again be able to sign up for a Christians-only medical program under a batch of new laws that take effect Tuesday. Lawmakers passed the law allowing Medi-Share, a Florida-based cost-sharing ministry, to resume operations in Kentucky, reacting to …
May 6, 2013
A Christians-only medical program that had been banned in Kentucky is expected to resume operations next month, unless officials at the Department of Insurance decide to continue a decade-long legal fight. The Kentucky General Assembly passed a law in March …
March 26, 2013
Gov. Steve Beshear has vetoed a bill that was intended to provide stronger protections of religious rights in Kentucky, setting the stage for a potential override before the legislative session draws to a close early next week. Beshear said in …
March 25, 2013
Lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday with two days remaining to pass legislation intended to shore up Kentucky’s pension plans for state and local government retirees. Restoring solvency to the pension system, which has a $33 billion unfunded liability, …
March 11, 2013
A Christians-only health care ministry would be allowed to resume operating in Kentucky under a measure that had been languishing in the Legislature only to be revived by a House committee last week. The House Banking and Insurance Committee voted …
February 19, 2013
Federal health care reforms have led to the creation of a government agency in Kentucky that will be comparable in staffing to the secretary of state’s office with 30 employees but that has scores of contract workers and an annual …
January 17, 2013
Kentucky is making progress in curbing an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, Attorney General Jack Conway told political leaders from across the nation this week. Conway briefed the National Governor’s Association Policy Academy on Reducing Prescription Drug Abuse about Kentucky’s …
January 16, 2013
The financially troubled Kentucky School Boards Insurance Trust will disband, forcing school districts to search for new providers of workers compensation, property and liability insurance policies. The closure means financial consequences for all of the state’s 174 school districts, which …
November 1, 2012
Members of a Christians-only health insurance plan will lose their coverage on Thursday under a judge’s order to cease operations. Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate found that Medi-Share doesn’t comply with Department of Insurance regulations and won’t be allowed …