Category: YOUR HEALTH
-
Tips for staying healthy and safe on Kentucky’s waters
Brad Molnar on Taylorsville Lake (Courier-Journal file photo, 2003) The state Division of Water and Department for Public Health offer tips to help Kentuckians stay safe and healthy as they...
-
Doctors, medical students and others in Louisville say America needs a system of single-payer health care
A group of physicians, medical students and others in Louisville said May 10 that the U.S. needs a national single-payer system of health coverage because “health care in America costs...
-
Insurance commissioner sues contractor for failed Kentucky Health Cooperative, alleging gross negligence in handling claims
State Insurance Commissioner Brian Maynard, acting as liquidator of the failed Kentucky Health Cooperative, filed suit in Franklin Circuit Court Friday against against the company that the co-op hired to...
-
McDonald’s stops sending to schools man who says he lost much weight eating only at McDonald’s, including Big Macs and fries
Photo via flickriver.com McDonald’s has stopped “giving nutrition advice to students in schools, pulling back on a program that critics said was a subtle form of fast-food marketing that could...
-
Health-insurance stocks fall in reaction to federal judge striking down one Obamacare subsidy; ruling is stayed pending appeal
“Shares of Humana, Aetna and other health insurance companies tumbled on Thursday, as a federal judge ruled that Affordable Care Act subsidies could not be dispensed without congressional approval,” Boris...
-
Shepherdsville bans smoking with children in vehicle
In the first such ban in Kentucky, the Shepherdsville City Council has passed an ordinance prohibiting smoking in motor vehicles with children inside them. Smoking in vehicles with children “is...
-
Ky. has plan to keep Zika virus out of state, but needs your help; travelers to Zika-affected areas need to take precautions
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News State officials launched a mosquito prevention campaign May 9 at the Kentucky State University Research Farm near Frankfort as part of the state’s efforts...
-
Pike County judge orders release of documents in OxyContin case, including deposition of former president of family-owned firm
Sealed documents about marketing of OxyContin, which some experts say started the epidemic of prescription-drug abuse, will become public if the order of a Pike County judge is upheld. Circuit...
-
Study shows uninsured rate keeps falling, preventive services are popular and rural hospitals have more uncompensated care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The share of Kentuckians without health insurance continues to drop, and new Medicaid enrollees continue to take advantage of free preventive health services, according...
-
Many Americans, including those on Obamacare plans, can’t afford their health-insurance deductibles, studies show
The United States has entered the era of high out-of-pocket medical cost as a way to keep insurance premiums low, but recent studies have found that many Americans are having...