Tag: health care
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Association of Health Care Journalists’ reporting fellowship application deadline is Nov. 9
The Association of Health Care Journalists is offering fellowships for reporting on health care performance to journalists who wish to pursue a significant year-long reporting project related to the U.S....
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KET talks with experts on heart disease and health reform tonight
Some nationally recognized heart specialists will speak directly to Kentuckians about heart disease tonight on the season premiere of Health Three60 on KET. Cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death...
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Eastern Kentucky native wants to alert Appalachian women about their high rate of cervical cancer and how to prevent it
University of Kentucky physician and Pike County native Baretta Casey, right, has spent most of her career providing health care and education throughout the state, with a focus on Appalachian Kentucky. The...
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Census data show every county’s numbers of uninsured and those who would be covered by Medicaid expansion
For county-by-county data, see below. The U.S. Census Bureau released data this week showing 2010 estimates of health insurance coverage for all 50 states and each of the nation’s counties....
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New health law and aging baby boomers’ anticipated strain on the system is about to make chronic doctor shortage worse
Kentucky’s persistent physician shortage is hardly new. Almost a century ago, the Frontier Nursing Service came to Hyden on the presumption that doctors wouldn’t. A report from the Health Resources...
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Reports show impact of health-care industry in each of Kentucky’s 120 counties
It’s not often that such detailed data is broken down to the county level, but a new report looks at the economic impact of the local health-care system in each...
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Questions about health-care reform law answered in comprehensive Courier-Journal report
Reporter Laura Ungar has put together an excellent primer in The Courier-Journal that appears to answer all the key questions people have about the federal health-care reform law. Reporters would do...
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Beshear issues order to create insurance exchange as GOP legislators carry symbolic vote against lease to house it
As Gov. Steve Beshear issued an executive order to establish a state insurance exchange this afternoon, lawmakers voted along party lines against a lease that would have housed employees of...
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Useful list helps explain health care law and Supreme Court ruling
To learn more about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the federal health-care reform law, as well as the Affordable Care Act itself, the Detroit Free Press has put together...
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Free dental, health, vision clinic to help hundreds this weekend
This weekend, about 1,000 people will get free dental, medical and vision care in Pike County. The effort is sponsored by Kentucky’s Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps, which hosts a...