Author: Al Cross
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Scammers taking advantage of new health-insurance system
Scammers are using the new health-insurance system “as an opportunity to try to collect consumers’ personal information or to make false claims,” Gov. Steve Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway...
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Herald-Leader blasts UK for secrecy surrounding children’s heart program and its efforts to rebuild it despite nearby competition
The Lexington Herald-Leader blasted the University of Kentucky in an editorial Sunday for “stonewalling questions about the decision to halt pediatric cardiothoracic surgeries and the mysterious sidelining of Dr. Mark...
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Obamacare will work, Beshear promises on ‘Meet the Press’
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Citing Kentucky examples, Gov. Steve Beshear promised a national audience on “Meet the Press” Sunday morning that the federal health-reform law will work, despite...
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1/4 of those in Pike drug roundup are charged with trafficking in heroin, a substitute for illicitly obtained prescription painkillers
The spread of heroin, at least partly as a substitute for prescription painkillers that have become more difficult to obtain because of stricter state laws, was apparent in a drug...
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Safety tips for trick or treating, Halloween parties
The state Department for Public Health offers these food safety tips to help you have a safe Halloween: Avoid having children snack while they’re out trick-or-treating so you can inspect...
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GOP claim that Obamacare will hike Kentuckians’ premiums 34 percent is ‘mostly false,’ Herald-Leader says in an analysis
A Republican Party claim that Obamacare will raise Kentuckians’ health-insurance premiums 34 percent is mostly false, the Lexington Herald-Leader said in a news analysis Saturday. The National Republican Senatorial Committee...
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FDA wants to limit number of hydrocodone refills available without another doctor visit; approves pure version of drug
“The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recommended tighter controls on how doctors prescribe the most commonly used narcotic painkillers, changes that are expected to take place as early as...
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Shortages of insurance providers and hospitals lead to higher insurance premiums under Obamacare in rural areas
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was designed to make it easier for uninsured Americans to buy insurance at an affordable rate. But the exact opposite is happening in...
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Every Kentucky county has a local group working on health issues, foundation finds in compiling Health Coalitions Directory
For the first time, the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has documented that every Kentucky county has a local group working on health issues. All 120 counties are listed in...
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Resigned heart surgeon wins settlement from UK, which plans to upgrade program he left but won’t say why it was suspended
Dr. Mark Plunkett The University of Kentucky will pay Dr. Mark Plunkett more than $1 million as part of a settlement after Plunkett’s pediatric cardiothoracic surgery program at UK was...