Author: Al Cross
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Bevin administration seeks maximum fines against Planned Parenthood, alleging 23 abortions at Louisville facility were illegal
The administration of Gov. Matt Bevin has filed a lawsuit seeking fines against Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, alleging that it performed 23 abortions without proper authorization in December...
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Glasgow hospital buys bankrupt one in Columbia, stops admitting patients, seeks behavioral-health unit; bad management blamed
The bankrupt Westlake Regional Hospital in Columbia is now called T.J. Health Columbia, after its purchase last week by T.J. Samson Community Hospital of Glasgow. The lack of the word...
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Female legislator files bill to put restrictions on erectile-dysfunction medications to make a point about men pushing abortion bills
Rep. Mary Lou Marzian Fed up with a string of anti-abortion bills backed by religious conservatives, Democratic state Rep. Mary Lou Marzian of Louisville has filed a bill that would...
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New state insurance commissioner OKs Aetna-Humana merger without a hearing, drawing criticism from the left and right
Critics on the left and right are criticizing the new state insurance commissioner’s approval of the merger of health insurers Aetna Inc. and Louisville-based Humana Inc., “saying it deprived Kentuckians...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky CEO makes the case for a statewide law to ban smoking in most public places
Susan Zepeda The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, which doesn’t lobby for or against particular legislation or endorse it, came close in a Feb. 11 “guest editorial” from its president...
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Feds tell Bevin basics of dismantling Kynect; former policy chief says using federal exchange could limit choice, raise costs
The federal government has told Republican Gov. Matt Bevin what he will need to do to shut down Kynect, the health-insurance exchange started by his Democratic predecessor, Gov. Steve Beshear,...
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Clinton County Healthy Hometown Coalition publishes testimonials from local residents who turned their health around
Part of the reason for news coverage of health topics is to help readers, listeners and viewers live healthier lives. That usually requires a change in their behavior, which doesn’t...
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Parent firm of Medical Center at Bowling Green takes over bankrupt Albany hospital, adding to its regional network
“Commonwealth Health Corp. has assumed management of Clinton County Hospital effective immediately,” Alyssa Harvey reports for the Bowling Green Daily News. The parent firm of The Medical Center at Bowling...
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Kentucky leads the nation in percentage reduction of citizens without health insurance, according to Gallup polling
Kentucky and Arkansas continue to lead the nation in reduction of the percentage of their people without health insurance, according to polling by Gallup Inc. They were the only Southern...