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On The Legislature Today, Republican Legislative leaders have expressed no intention to increase funding for the state’s Public Employee’s Health Insurance Agency, the healthcare coverage for government employees. That means potential increases in premiums and costs for those covered under the plan.
Dept. of Administration Sec. John Myers and PEIA Director Ted Cheatham discuss the funding for PEIA.
Delegates today took on a bill eliminating the state’s courtesy patrol. It’s an issue that’s been debated several times at the statehouse over the past few years as a way to cut government spending.
A Senate Committee is also looking for ways to increase funding for road construction and maintenance.Senators are supporting increasing taxes and fees for new revenue. The proposal presented to committee members today has been in the works for several years and has taken several forms, but this year, appears to have bipartisan support.
During the 2015 legislative session, lawmakers approved a plan to reintroduce elk into the state. It took almost two years for that plan to come to fruition, but in December former-Governor Earl Ray Tomblin celebrated the release of a small population into southern West Virginia.
West Virginia is aging faster than the rest of the nation. More than 1 in 5 residents are over 65, and as young people leave the state, the gap between those who need care and those who can provide it keeps growing. At the same time, elder care has shifted from nursing homes to home-based support — but there aren’t enough workers to keep up. Us & Them explores the looming caregiving crisis and what it means for families, workers and the future of care.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAppalachian Power customers may be seeing another price hike, caregivers are under stress, particularly during the holidays, and a new mountain roller coaster is a destination for fun seekers in Mercer County.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPeople who buy health care through the federal marketplace are set to see their premiums rise 40 percent or more. It depends on whether Congress extends the 2021 enhanced subsidies that help people pay their premiums. Ruby Rayner is a reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press who’s been covering this story in Tennessee. Inside Appalachia’s Mason Adams spoke with Raynor.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWe're an aging nation, and the cost of care is lower the longer people stay in their homes. The trend has led to an explosion in home-based support and care services. On the next episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay focuses on the challenges of care for our growing elderly population.
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