In 2010, Democratic President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act gave states the right to expand their Medicaid programs to include the “working poor” — able-bodied adults who earned up to 138% of the federal poverty line. In Kentucky, that means up to $20,784 a year for an individual or $43,056 for a household of four.

This is the March 5 edition of the Bluegrass Politics newsletter. Sign up for free and get this delivered straight to your inbox every Wednesday morning. A number of high-profile bills are finally making moves in the General Assembly,

Will state employees have to return to the office? What will become of Gov. Andy Beshear’s pardon powers? This legislative session could decide.

Five people were in court on Monday after being indicted on fraud charges in Louisville, according to a press release from the Kentucky Attorney General's Office. An investigation by the Attorney General’s Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control resulted in the indictment of five people in Jefferson Circuit Court.

An investigation by the Attorney General’s Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control led to five people being indicted in the Jefferson Circuit Court. The investigation began when the office received a complaint about possible fraud.

A bill that would create a Kentucky version of the Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, is moving forward in the state Capitol.

This week marked the last two days lawmakers could file bills in their respective chambers, with several priority bills coming in on deadline.

To pay for it, the GOP is looking at making deep cuts with a large chunk expected to come from Medicaid. Beshear said the cuts will hurt the most rural parts of Kentucky.

An investigation conducted by the Attorney General’s Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control resulted in the indictment of five individuals by a Jefferson Circuit Court

The House Majority PAC criticized Republican efforts to slash Medicaid funding by comparing them to former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin's attempts to cut the program. Invoking Bevin is ineffective ...

In its 60 years, Medicaid has swelled from a small program that provided medical care to poor Americans receiving cash assistance to the largest source of public insurance. It covers 72 million Americans, about one-fifth of the population. It pays for about half of all nursing care in the United States, and 40 percent of all births.