Author: Al Cross
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Obamacare is unpopular in nine swing states, but not when the law is described without that label
Party labels affect what rural voters think about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to the latest National Rural Assembly and Center for Rural Strategies poll of rural...
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13-year-old with national following succumbs to rare cancer
A 13-year-old McLean County boy whose fight with a rare cancer gained national attention died last night. The death of Lane Goodwin was announced to 342,000 followers on his “Prayers...
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Health reform expected to hurt recruitment of rural doctors
Recruiting doctors to rural hospitals will get harder in the next few years as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act reaches full implementation and the demand for healthcare services...
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Health reform’s exchange won’t attract many new insurers to Ky. because it’s a small, sickly state, former Medicaid boss says
Kentucky is unlikely to attract many new insurance companies when it starts its Health Benefits Exchange a year from now, a former state Medicaid commissioner told Dawn Marie Yankeelov for...
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Health Benefit Exchange advisory board forms panels to help draft application Kentuckians will use to obtain health insurance
At its first meeting yesterday, the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange Advisory Board created committees: Behavioral Health, Dental/Vision, Education/Outreach, Navigator/Agent, Qualified Health Plans and Small Business, reports Jodi Mitchell of Kentucky...
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Federal official and expert on integrating physical and behavioral health services will speak in Louisville Wednesday morning
The integration of physical health and behavioral health services, one of the hottest topics in health care, will be the topic of a Health Enterprises Network forum in Louisville Wednesday,...
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Governor names board to guide creation of insurance exchange
Gov. Steve Beshear today appointed the board to make recommendations for the state health-insurance marketplace required by federal health reform. The Health Benefit Exchange Advisory Board, originally planned to include 11...
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Volunteer emergency medical squads becoming less numerous
Belfry Fire and EMS responds to an accident.(Rachel Dove-Baldwin, Williamson Daily News) Volunteer emergency medical service squads appear to be dying out around the nation as rural populations change and...
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Former health secretary is CEO of Kentucky Health Cooperative, a new type of insurance firm created by health reform
Former health and family services secretary Janie Miller, who resigned in February, has become chief executive of the Kentucky Health Cooperative, a new type of health-insurance organization established by the...
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Suit alleging unnecessary procedures at London hospital is the 31st by plaintiff’s attorney in past year
More than 300 former heart patients at the Saint Joseph London hospital have sued it, its cardiologists and agencies involved with its operation and billing services, alleging the patients were...