Tag: health policy
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Beshear, writing in The New York Times, defends Obamacare
Ever since he decided to expand Medicaid with money from the federal health-reform law, Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear has been telling opponents of Obamacare to “Get over it.” Now, as...
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National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: Policy changes underway in Ky. to lower its very high childhood obesity rate
September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and a number of policy changes are underway to combat the increasing trend of overweight children in America and Kentucky, where one in...
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UK researcher calls for change in state law to allow syringe exchange program to curb hepatitis C epidemic in Eastern Ky.
Despite the benefits associated with syringe- or needle-exchange programs in preventing the spread of hepatitis C, Kentucky law still prohibits them, and a researcher from the University of Kentucky is...
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Hospital and insurance chiefs say health reform will improve Ky.’s health care and its health, after bumps in road
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The federal health-reform law will improve health care and help make Kentuckians healthier, though some will be inconvenienced, officials of Kentucky’s leading hospitals and...
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Doctor shortage news: Residencies are filling the pond with primary care doctors, but U.S. and Ky. need an ocean of them
Despite a critical shortage of primary care in the country, only 25 percent of newly educated doctors go into this field, and even worse for the mostly-rural Kentucky, less than...
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Poll shows strong support for medical marijuana in Kentucky
A statewide poll has found that 78 percent of Kentucky adults support the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes if recommended by their doctor, while only 26 percent of favor...
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Medicaid expansion could change Kentucky’s course, big time
NEWS ANALYSIS By Al Cross Kentucky Health News “Today we change the course of Kentucky’s history.” It is not often that a public official can say such a thing with...
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W. Va. plans private-public model to provide school breakfast, improve child health, fight obesity; could this approach help Ky.?
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Breakfast has been said to be the most important meal of the day, and it can be important in fighting obesity. Policymakers in West...
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Feds letting Arkansas privatize Medicaid expansion; idea could spread like wildfire, as in Florida, but cost questions remain
Arkansas has turned heads nationally with its preliminary plan to expand Medicaid using the private insurance market, showing that the Obama administration is willing to give states more flexibility than...
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Bill to make Medicaid managed-care firms pay up, and more promptly, nears final form in House and will get attention in Senate
By Molly Burchett and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The complaints by many health-care providers about Medicare managed-care firms’ delay or denial of payment claims appears to be generating a...