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Kentucky's Medicaid costs skyrocketing

By Stephanie Sanders

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Murray, KY – Kentucky's Medicaid costs are skyrocketing. With unemployment numbers growing daily, thousands of Kentuckians are joining the Medicaid rolls each month. The government health care program had already projected a budget shortfall. But that gap has become much larger than estimated. KPR's Stephanie Sanders reports.