Month: December 2013
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Kids Count shows Ky. tops in smoking by pregnant mothers, has a wide range of local data about children’s well-being
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The annual Kids Count report on children’s well-being, released Tuesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Kentucky Youth Advocates, says the state leads the...
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Free clinics are wary of how health reform will affect them
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Free health clinics for the uninsured face an uncertain future as the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act is implemented. Kentucky has more...
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‘Faces of Lung Cancer’ photo exhibit at Markey Cancer Center is meant to spread awareness about disease and its prevention
Lung cancer survivor Juanita Meade “Faces of Lung Cancer,” a photo exhibit with portraits and inspirational messages from nine lung cancer survivors in Kentucky, is on display at the University...
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Advocates hope push in rural areas will help pass statewide smoking ban, at least in the state House
By Justin Richter University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information Kentucky has had a love affair with both growing and smoking tobacco, but supporters of a statewide smoking ban...
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Beshear says other governors will follow his lead on Medicaid
Associated Press file photo Gov. Steve Beshear says states that have not expanded the Medicaid program under the federal health-reform law, as he did, will do so in the next...
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Psychologists honor KHN publisher Cross for health work
The Kentucky Psychological Association recently recognized Kentucky Health News Publisher Al Cross, director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky, for “his outstanding career...
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Anthem says Kynect has delivered inaccurate enrollment forms, but is nevertheless a model for insurance exchanges
Some health-insurance companies say Kentucky’s Kynect exchange for acquiring coverage is giving them inaccurate or incomplete enrollment forms, and that is also a problem in other state-operated exchanges, Kyle Cheney...
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Beshear says Ky. is ‘gold standard’ for implementing Obamacare, trades shots with McConnell in Washington
“Kentucky has become the gold standard when it comes to implementing the Affordable Care Act, and I’m very proud of that,” Gov. Steve Beshear said Thursday morning at a press...
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Book chronicles Hall’s 40-year battle for health, against poverty
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Eula Hall has been called an angel, dynamite, a force to be reckoned with, and a living legend. She has dedicated her life to...
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Obama, fighting to regain traction, calls out McConnell on health care; Kentucky senator replies, and president does it again
White House file photo President Obama called out U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell two days in a row in speeches defending the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as an example...