Author: danielle_ray
-
County Health Rankings show troubling trend of more premature deaths, contrasting trends among some counties
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The premature death rate is getting worse in 44 of Kentucky’s 120 counties and improving in 12 counties, according to a health rankings report released...
-
The divide between dentistry and medicine can have deadly consequences; policymakers are getting more interested
(Photo from ancienthistorybulletin.ca) As anyone who has ever mistakenly thought that medical insurance would cover their visit to the dentist knows, the worlds of medicine and dentistry don’t overlap much....
-
American Health Care Act would have major impact on Ky. by phasing out Medicaid expansion, changing private insurance
By Danielle Ray and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The acronyms may be similar, but the American Health Care Act, Republicans’ replacement for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,...
-
KentuckyOne Health parent firm’s debt rating downgraded again; explores merger that would create largest not-for-profit chain
Flaget Memorial Hospital at Bardstown is part of the chain. S&P Global Ratings has cut its debt rating for Catholic Health Initiatives, a nonprofit with KentuckyOne Health hospitals in Louisville, Lexington,...
-
House health-care draft suggests a plan that could leave rural areas short of coverage
A 100-page draft of a House Republican plan to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act suggests that rural, middle-class Americans may soon struggle to afford health insurance. The...
-
Longtime Whitesburg doctor, winner of national honor, fears patients will lose Affordable Care Act’s preventive care
Dr. Van Breeding (Lexington Herald-Leader photo) Whitesburg physician Dr. Van Breeding says his patients got “bamboozled” by politicians who tagged their expanded access to health care as “Obamacare.” Barack Obama, who...
-
What Trump voters with Obamacare want in health coverage
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News Affordability appears to be one of the most important concerns for Donald Trump voters as the president and Congress go about repealing and replacing...
-
Powell County insurance agent and Democratic chair says connecting health insurance with Obama is a ‘no-no’ in her county
(Photo via oakmontlibrary.org) Josie Hollon meets someone at least once a week in her community who depends on health coverage through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, yet voted...
-
Kentucky pastor uses his experience to offer advice to caregivers
Paul Prather (Photo from the Herald-Leader) As a minister for more than three decades, Paul Prather has sat with more than his fair share of people who are sick or...
-
Is sugar our nutritional enemy? New book claims it is
For about a decade as the century started, more and more Americans appeared to obey the U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s advice to eat less sugar. But that trend of improvement...