Month: July 2011
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Louisville’s University Hospital limits care for non-local patients
University Hospital in Louisville has been forced to stop providing some free or deeply discounted care to patients who live outside Jefferson County. The number of low-income patients coming to...
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Medicaid matters, and makes people healthier, study finds, contradicting argument that it’s worse than no coverage
Though the overhaul of Kentucky’s Medicaid program has its critics and could potentially be confusing to patients, the program itself is very important, acording to a new study. It found...
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State awards Medicaid managed-care contracts to 4 firms, including Passport; networks to be established by Oct. 1
In an effort to save $1 billion in the next three years, and fill a hole in the current state budget, Gov. Steve Beshear announced Thursday that Kentucky’s Medicaid program...
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Webinar next week will spotlight county-by-county health data
How can you find by-county health statistics and other other key health resources? That will be the focus of a July 13 webinar, hosted by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. The free webinar,...