Medicaid Expansion – Kentucky

Study: Ky Medicaid expansion showing benefits, By Chris Kenning, February 13, 2015, Louisville Courier-Journal: “One year after it was enacted, Kentucky’s Medicaid expansion is benefiting patients and health care providers — and is expected to generate jobs and economic growth that will more than offset $1.1 billion in state costs through 2021, according to a state study released Thursday. The expansion, which enrolled 375,000 people in the health care program for the poor and disabled last year, is now projected to create 40,000 jobs and add $30 billion to the economy in the next six years — more than initially predicted…”