Month: November 2013
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Pike County officials urge newly eligible residents to sign up for health insurance before Dec. 15
A call to action. That’s what Pike County officials are calling their efforts to encourage citizens to sign up for health care insurance, as called for by the Patient Protection...
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Health care’s culture doesn’t encourage doctors to report medical errors of colleagues; article says patients should come first
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Doctors are often aware of their colleagues’ medical errors, but fail to report them because of a culture that does not support or encourage...
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Bill Clinton says Obama should keep promise on insurance, but knows that won’t work, Washington Post writer says
Former president Bill Clinton’s recent statement that President Obama should change the health-reform law to keep his promise that people who liked their health-insurance plans could keep them or ironic...
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Draft plan for a statewide campaign for better health gets endorsement, much talk at Friedell Committee annual meeting
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News A statewide committee of volunteers is on target with its plan for a campaign to make Kentucky a healthier state, an expert in state...
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FactCheck.org finds little support for Sen. Rand Paul’s claim that Medicaid expansion will ‘bankrupt’ Kentucky hospitals
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said on ABC‘s “This Week” Sunday, Nov. 3 that the federal health-reform law may “bankrupt” rural Kentucky hospitals “by overwhelming them with Medicaid patients.” However, health-care...
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Some schools let kids with live head lice stay; policy change has some Kentucky parents scratching their heads
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News School districts across the country are adopting policies that say students diagnosed with live head lice or nits (louse eggs) can remain in school...
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National Rural Health Day to be held Nov. 21, including webinars on current topics
The third annual National Rural Health Day, which brings awareness to rural health issues and current efforts in addressing these issues, will be observed with events nationwide and special presentations...
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Kentucky, in Diabetes Belt, needs to do more to keep percentage of residents with costly disease from rising, advocates say
By Dr. Gilbert Friedell and Isaac Joyner World Diabetes Day is Nov. 14, and we urgently need to address this plague right here at home. Diabetes is a major public...
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Friedell Committee will consider what it will take for Kentucky to become a healthier state at meeting Sunday and Monday
What will it take for Kentucky to become a healthier state? That will be the question at the fall meeting of the Friedell Committee for Health System Transformation, at the...
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Obamacare’s employer mandate poses challenges for schools
While Kentucky public-school employees get their health insurance through the state’s self-funded program and don’t have to worry too much about how federal health reform may affect them, their employers...