Category: YOUR HEALTH
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‘Snapshot’ from continuing study of health reform in Ky. shows steep drop in amount of uncompensated care at hospitals
A continuing study of federal health reform’s impact in Kentucky has found a big drop in uncompensated care at hospitals and broader insurance coverage than in adjoining states. The Foundation...
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Beshear writes reply to a Virginia newspaper, pushing Medicaid expansion like he implemented in Kentucky
Gov. Steve Beshear, trying to help a fellow Democratic governor who is trying to expand Medicaid, has written a response to an editorial in which a Virginia largest state-capital newspaper opposed the...
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Researchers: Trans fats, not saturated fats, are linked to greater risk of heart disease; but no reason to eat more butter and meat
Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., found that trans fats are linked with greater risk of coronary heart disease and death, but saturated fats are not associated with increased risk...
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich, defending his Medicaid expansion as he runs for president, can point to lower-than-expected costs
John Kasich campaigned in Derry, N.H. (Associated Press photo by Jim Cole) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Expanded eligibility for Medicaid, an issue in the Kentucky governor’s race, is...
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Improving Kentuckians’ health will require education, fighting poverty; poor and less educated have poorer health, study shows
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Increased access to insurance is just one part of the equation to improve the health of Kentuckians, improving poverty and increasing education levels are...
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Issues between managed care companies and Kentucky Medicaid providers still mar the state’s implementation of the program
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News For many health care providers in the state, implementation of Kentucky’s Medicaid Managed Care system has been taxing, but Cabinet for Health and Family...
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Scott County schools will have a smartphone app to let parents see cafeteria menus, look up nutritional content
For parents who have children with food allergies, it can be stressful not to know what will be served in the cafeteria. Scott County Nutrition Director Mitzi Marshall is researching...
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Legislative freshmen’s bipartisan bill, now law, lets tax refund to go to pediatric cancer research, or part of it to rape crisis centers
Gov. Steve Beshear held a ceremonial signing Aug. 12 of a bill that creates a option on individual state income-tax returns to divert refunds for the study and treatment of...
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Boone County Schools strategically implement healthy changes to lunch menu
Boone County Schools began serving healthier food and offering low-fat, low-sodium meals in their lunchrooms before the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act was implemented in 2010, Amy Scalf reports for the Community Press....