Month: August 2015
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New ad blames problems of Ky. hospitals entirely on Obamacare; they say it’s only partly to blame, but worry about future impacts
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News A new ad in the race for governor says “There’s a crisis in our hospitals” in Kentucky, and blames it entirely on the federal...
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Beshear keeps up defense of Obamacare, McConnell gives only a short rebuttal at State Fair breakfast
Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear and Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell traded views on health-care reform at the Kentucky Farm Bureau‘s country-ham breakfast at the Kentucky State Fair, but McConnell made...
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Republican senator suggests expanding Kynect to other states to help pay state’s coming share of Medicaid expansion
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While the Republican nominee for governor says he would dismantle the state health-insurance exchange branded as Kynect, a GOP senator is talking about not...
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Non-profit hospitals in Flemingsburg and Horse Cave become part of larger groups in order to stay open
Two more rural Kentucky hospitals, Caverna Memorial Hospital in Horse Cave and Fleming County Hospital in Flemingsburg, are merging with larger hospital groups in an effort to make ends meet....
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Health care industry ranks first, by far, in legislative lobbying since ’93; insurance second, tobacco third; drugmakers’ rank a mystery
By far, health-care interests have spent the most on lobbying the General Assembly since the Legislative Ethics Commission was created 22 years ago, Jonathan Meador of Insider Louisville discovered among...
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Study finds that teens who use e-cigarettes are more than twice as likely as non-using teens to start smoking tobacco products
image: usnews.com Teens who use electronic cigarettes may be more than twice as likely to start smoking tobacco than those who have never used the devices, according to a study...
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Legislative leaders debate future of Medicaid expansion
“There’s no doubt that health care remains a significant issue for politicians and voters in the commonwealth. While thousands of Kentuckians have health insurance for the first time, Frankfort continues...
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Kentucky will get money to increase colon cancer screenings in Louisville and Appalachia, which lag behind recent success
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky will receive about $2.6 million in federal money over five years to help fight colon cancer by encouraging people to be screened for...
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Writer considers salad a wasteful luxury, and not all that nutritious
Salads should be considered a “resource-hungry luxury” instead of a staple because they offer little nutritional value, require “precious crop acreage” to grow, requires fossil fuel and refrigeration to ship,...
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Free workshop on health coverage in Louisville Sept. 21; free lodging available to registrants who need to come the night before
Journalists covering health issues in Kentucky, from drug abuse to health reform, have a chance to immerse themselves in the subject at a free one-day workshop in Louisville on Sept....