Day: December 3, 2013
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Websites that misled Kentuckians seeking health insurance are taken down, blocked or corrected
Three websites that were misleading Kentuckians about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and about the state’s health-insurance exchange have either been taken down, corrected or blocked by the...
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Webinar on health-reform coverage to be held Thursday
A one-hour webinar, “Covering Health Care Reform: How to Inform Your Readers,” is being offered from 2 to 3 p.m. ET Thursday at a cost of $45. (The earlybird fee...
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A byproduct of cholesterol that acts like estrogen explains the link between high cholesterol and breast cancer
The link between high cholesterol and breast cancer can now be explained. It is not the cholesterol itself, but a “byproduct of cholesterol (that) functions like the hormone estrogen to...
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Night lingers in Appalachia, but there are rays of sunlight
Harry Caudill talked with U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedyduring his visit to Eastern Kentucky in February 1968. In 1963, Harry Caudill of Letcher County published Night Comes to the Cumberlands:...
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Beshear’s office says he is considering ‘various ideas’ for financing Ky. insurance exchange, not just a 1% fee on policies
“Gov. Steve Beshear’s administration is reconsidering how to pay for the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange amid increased criticism from some Republicans in the legislature and a court case challenging a...