Calling health care a “basic human right,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear laid out the basic framework for his plan to provide health coverage to 100% of the state’s Black residents. The basics are that state-subsidized “health insurance connectors” will serve as a conduit between the state’s Black communities and health insurance coverage. The connectors will…
While Kentucky’s senior senator, Republican Mitch McConnell, is drawing red lines over more assistance to the states trying to stay afloat in the coronavirus crisis, the governor, Democrat Andy Beshear, is making sure the state’s unemployed get all the assistance possible. That’s led to a third of Kentucky’s workforce filing for unemployment, the largest share of…