Author: Al Cross
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Owsley men most likely in U.S. to be obese, Perry women most likely to die; Morgan women led nation in increasing exercise
Men in Owsley County are the fattest in the United States, and women in Perry County have the lowest life expectancy, 72, according to an NBC News report based on...
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Kentucky Spirit leaves the state; cabinet assigns company’s clients to other Medicaid managed-care firms
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News About 125,000 Medicaid patients in Kentucky have a new insurance company, with Saturday’s departure of Kentucky Spirit from the state. The state Cabinet for...
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Foundation breaks down poll by region to show differences among Kentuckians’ views on health topics and issues
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has released regional breakdowns of the Kentucky Health Issues Poll, conducted for it and the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati last fall. Each breakdown...
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Pike County settles its part of Oxycontin lawsuit against Purdue Pharma for $4 million; state remains a plaintiff
Officials of Pike County, Kentucky, announced this week that Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, will pay $4 million to settle the county’s part of a lawsuit the county and...
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Rural cancer survivors are less healthy than urban counterparts; 25 percent of rural cancer survivors smoke
A quarter of rural cancer survivors smoke. Cancer survivors from rural areas live less healthier lives than survivors from urban areas. That’s the diagnosis of a study by the Wake...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky seeks nominations for its board of directors and Community Advisory Committee
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is accepting nominations for qualified persons to join its board of directors and Community Advisory Committee. The 15 directors are responsible for preserving the...
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Medicaid expansion could change Kentucky’s course, big time
NEWS ANALYSIS By Al Cross Kentucky Health News “Today we change the course of Kentucky’s history.” It is not often that a public official can say such a thing with...
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Beshear looks likely to announce that he will expand Medicaid
Gov. Steve Beshear appears likely to announce tomorrow that he will expand Kentucky’s Medicaid program to people in households with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level,...
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Medicaid expansion would have ‘a big health impact,’ and critical-access hospitals need to change, rural-health expert says
Expansion of the Medicaid program under federal health-care reform would have a major beneficial impact on the health of Kentucky, a doctor who ran the state and national rural-health agencies...
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Half-day seminars on health reform’s impact on business Wed. and Thur.; journalists invited
Experts on the impact of federal health-care reform on business will give advice to Kentucky companies at half-day seminars in Lexington and Louisville on Wednesday and Thursday of this week....