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doc • Summer 2014
Kentucky
Guest Editorial
Affordable
Care Act
By Jonathan Piercy, MD
Kentucky has embraced
the Affordable Care Act
in a way that few other
states have. With our full
acceptance of the Medicaid
expansion and with health plans available
through our own state-run exchange, we
will be in a unique position to see if the law
brings about the positive changes we all
hope for or the negative ones we all worry
about.
I can tell you one thing already, though—it’s
making me a far better doctor.
When people talk about the potential benefits of the ACA, they talk about previously
uninsured people being able to see a doctor.
But at least in my area, seeing the doctor
hasn’