Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Chart shows impact of Medicaid expansion or rejection
A one-stop graphic that spells out what’s in store for states that don’t elect to expand Medicaid is the subject of a report by The Washington Post‘s Sarah Kliff. The...
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Governors in both parties undecided on whether to expand Medicaid; seeking answers to several questions
There is hesitation among governors on both sides of the aisle regarding whether or not to expand Medicaid, which would cover millions more Americans under the program for the poor...
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Repeal of health law would have big impact on Kentucky, HHS Secretary Sebelius writes
The U.S. House voted again yesterday to repeal the health-care reform law, a move that has no chance of passing in the current Senate and would be vetoed by President...
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New form of Oxy is harder to inhale and inject, so drug users are turning to heroin, Opana for high
A new formulation of OxyContin makes it harder to inhale or inject. Drug Enforcement Administration photo. A change in the formulation of the powerful drug OxyContin has addicts turning to another...
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Work of UK prof was cited in decision on health care
Professor Nicole Huberfeld.University of Kentucky photo. The work of a University of Kentucky law professor helped shape the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of the federal health-care reform law. ...
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Legislators, doctors debate how health law will or should affect Kentucky; we answer some questions that were left hanging
By Tara Kaprowy and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Though host Bill Goodman (above, in an advance promo) said they just “scratched the surface” on what the federal health-care reform...
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Expanding Medicaid will save the state money by eliminating much expense on the uninsured, think tank and op-ed writer argue
If Kentucky chooses to expand Medicaid eligibility up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, the state will gain in key areas, argues Jason Bailey, director of the Kentucky...
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Who is on Medicaid already? Not all poor Kentuckians, foundation president says on op-ed distributed to Kentucky newspapers
By Susan Zepeda President and CEO, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky In the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision upholding much of the Affordable Care Act, states have many...
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Does Obamacare tax the middle class?
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell speaks ata Rotary Club meeting in Louisville.(C-J photo by Michael Clevenger) With Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell calling the federal health-care reform law a tax on...
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FDA approves fast, take-home test that detects HIV
A model demonstrates how to use the OraQuick test, whichdetects the presence of HIV in saliva.AP photo by Chuck Zovko. Soon, taking an HIV test will be no more complicated...