Day: August 19, 2019
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Rural coroner made the tough calls on his town’s opioid epidemic
Coroner Steve Talbott, in his funeral home (Photo by Michael S. Williamson, The Washington Post) —– How many rural coroners, witnessing death after death from opioid overdoses, would call police...
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State denies Planned Parenthood abortion-clinic permit
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration has denied an abortion-clinic license to Planned Parenthood in Louisville, saying it performed abortions without proper authorization from the previous administration, as Democrat Steve Beshear was leaving...
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Rural hospitals are likely to be hurt by limit on payments to those with large shares of Medicaid and uninsured patients
Many if not most rural hospitals are likely to take a hit from an Aug. 13 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. “Hospitals...