Day: June 9, 2014
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National poll finds many who need health coverage didn’t even shop for it because they didn’t think they could afford it
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News The top two reasons people gave for getting health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act were compliance with the law and a...
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Doctors in emergency rooms say they are busier since Obamacare began; hospitals struggle to handle extra patients
Nearly half of emergency-room doctors say their ERs have seen an increase in patients since health reform went into effect, and 86 percent say they expect the increase to continue,...
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In selling proposed limits on CO2, Obama administration emphasizes health improvement, not climate-change fight
By Melissa Landon and Al Cross Kentucky Health News As it announced its plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 30 percent by 2030, the Obama administration...
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Safety-net hospitals, haven for the uninsured, are seeing more covered patients since the expansion of Medicaid
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Hospitals that most often treat the poor and uninsured are seeing fewer uninsured patients since the new health law’s expansion of Medicaid, Phil Galewitz...
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Success of Kynect puts both Senate candidates in a pickle
“The early success of Kentucky’s health care exchange, Kynect, is creating quandaries for both Mitch McConnell and Alison Lundergan Grimes as they address Obamacare” in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race,” James...