Month: December 2013
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Health reform should make Medicaid and Medicare more interested in preventing chronic diseases in young, expert says
Dr. Wayne Myers While some rural areas may not have enough doctors (or those who accept Medicaid patients) to treat new patients generated by federal health reform, the key to...
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As Obamacare spreads in Kentucky, the state remains conflicted about it and other forms of government help
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Even as Obamacare coverage spreads in Kentucky, more widely than in almost any other state, the commonwealth remains conflicted about it and other forms...
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UK gets biggest-ever grant from National Institutes of Health to probe links between obesity and cardiovascular disease
The University of Kentucky has received its largest-ever National Institutes of Health grant to explore connections between two of the state’s biggest health problems, obesity and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Lisa...
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Statewide farm editor identifies self-employed workers’ problems with Obamacare, and hers with Congress
Farmers and other self-employed people may have special trouble maneuvering through the process of obtaining health insurance on the state exchange, writes Sharon Burton, editor and publisher of The Farmer’s...
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Low-dose CT scans find lung cancer before X-rays, save lives
Low-dose computed tomography, commonly known as CT scans, are reducing lung-cancer deaths by finding the cancer early before it spreads to other parts of the body, UK HealthCare reports. Used...
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McConnell shares excerpts from letters he received from Kentuckians who are frustrated by health-reform law
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Continuing his attack on Obamacare, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell took to the floor last week to read excerpts from letters he received from...
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Newspaper in Alabama, a similar state in many ways, gives its readers a look at Kentucky’s embrace of Obamacare
The latest newspaper to look at Kentucky’s embrace of Obamacare is in Alabama, a state that offers almost a mirror image of Kentucky: another Southern state with a very high...
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Kentucky spends less than a penny of its tobacco-settlement money on prevention programs; few states do very much
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News A new report says that 15 years after the 1998 state tobacco settlement, Kentucky ranks 38th in the nation in funding tobacco prevention and...
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Federal budget deal targets Medicare payments, and that means Kentucky hospitals won’t be happy
Looking for a way to localize the budget deal announced by congressional negotiators last night? Call up your local hospital. David Rogers of Politico reports that hospitals are “furious with...
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Kentucky’s health-insurance exchange has covered a greater share of population than any other state-based exchange
Kentucky has registered more people for Medicaid and private health insurance than any other state with its own exchange created under the federal health-reform law, Christine Vestal reports for Stateline,...