The
Jessamine Journal did an account this week that many Kentucky newspaper are
able to do, spotlighting the local impacts of Medicaid expansion under federal
health reform and federal tax credits for private insurance over the state many
benefits exchange that opens Oct. 1, and comparing the local percentages to the
remainder of the state.
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| This graphic by Jonathan Kleppinger illustrated the story. |
"A
bigger area of low-income individuals Jessamine County than in most Kentucky
counties have been uninsured and are able to receive free coverage of health
from the Affordable Care Act," Kelly McKinney began her story. She noted
that just 21 counties within the state use a higher
percentage
of people that have no health insurance and will be eligible for Medicaid if it
expands Jan. 1.
McKinney
attended a neighborhood expert with an analysis and wrote, "Having medical
insurance will mean better health care for the estimated 3,535 low-income
Jessamine Countians who haven't had insurance, said Randy Gooch, public
health director for that Jessamine County Health Department." Gooch also
mentioned some potential issues: having less enough health-care providers to
handle influx of folks entering the regular health-care system, and a decrease
in services by health departments because they can't bill insurance companies
for services.
McKinney's
story is a good example of the way to put these topics into local terms and
present readers information they require about changes arriving at health
insurance health care. For a while, it absolutely was the most-read story about
the weekly paper's website.
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