Author: Al Cross
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Kentucky Center for Economic Policy report warns about impact of Bevin’s proposed Medicaid changes
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News A research group with a liberal outlook warned Monday that Republican Gov. Matt Bevin should be careful in changing the state Medicaid program. The...
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Rogers says House Republicans want $622 million for Zika; McConnell, Senate plan $1.1 billion; Obama wants $1.9 billion
UPDATE, May 16: The Republican package totals $622 million. May 17: Obama calls that “woefully inadequate,” says he would veto it. House Republicans’ funding to fight the Zika virus will...
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Tips for staying healthy and safe on Kentucky’s waters
Brad Molnar on Taylorsville Lake (Courier-Journal file photo, 2003) The state Division of Water and Department for Public Health offer tips to help Kentuckians stay safe and healthy as they...
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Doctors, medical students and others in Louisville say America needs a system of single-payer health care
A group of physicians, medical students and others in Louisville said May 10 that the U.S. needs a national single-payer system of health coverage because “health care in America costs...
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Insurance commissioner sues contractor for failed Kentucky Health Cooperative, alleging gross negligence in handling claims
State Insurance Commissioner Brian Maynard, acting as liquidator of the failed Kentucky Health Cooperative, filed suit in Franklin Circuit Court Friday against against the company that the co-op hired to...
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McDonald’s stops sending to schools man who says he lost much weight eating only at McDonald’s, including Big Macs and fries
Photo via flickriver.com McDonald’s has stopped “giving nutrition advice to students in schools, pulling back on a program that critics said was a subtle form of fast-food marketing that could...
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Health-insurance stocks fall in reaction to federal judge striking down one Obamacare subsidy; ruling is stayed pending appeal
“Shares of Humana, Aetna and other health insurance companies tumbled on Thursday, as a federal judge ruled that Affordable Care Act subsidies could not be dispensed without congressional approval,” Boris...
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Shepherdsville bans smoking with children in vehicle
In the first such ban in Kentucky, the Shepherdsville City Council has passed an ordinance prohibiting smoking in motor vehicles with children inside them. Smoking in vehicles with children “is...
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Pike County judge orders release of documents in OxyContin case, including deposition of former president of family-owned firm
Sealed documents about marketing of OxyContin, which some experts say started the epidemic of prescription-drug abuse, will become public if the order of a Pike County judge is upheld. Circuit...
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Bardstown hospital makes health-analytics company’s list of Top 100 Rural and Community Hospitals
Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown is the only Kentucky hospital to make the list of Top 100 Rural and Community Hospitals compiled by iVantage Health Analytics. No Kentucky hospitals made...