Tag: health reform
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In wide-ranging interview, secretary says her state health cabinet is a national leader in guarding the privacy of electronic data
Despite concerns elsewhere about the privacy of personal health information, Kentucky’s top health official says her agency is one of the best in the nation at protecting and managing such...
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Bill to ease prescription rules for advanced-practice nurse practitioners is first to pass in this legislative session
The first bill to pass the 2014 General Assembly and go to the governor is Senate Bill 7, which would allow more experienced advanced-practice registered nurses to prescribe non-narcotic drugs...
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Beshear says Obamacare will make Kentucky healthier, wealthier
Beshear speaks at the Good Morning Bluegrass event in Lexington. (Photo by Melissa Landon) Gov. Steve Beshear focused on health issues in remarks to a civic meeting Friday in Lexington. “We...
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As president hosts and praises Beshear, McConnell continues attack on Obamacare, says ‘It’s time to start over’
Gov. Beshear Sen. McConnell As President Obama prepared to have Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear as his guest at the State of the Union address, Republican Sen. Mitch...
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New Medicaid enrollees show better mental health already, from relief of stress, after getting their first health coverage
Though enrollment in private insurance under federal health reform has been slower in Kentucky and other states than advocates hoped, Medicaid enrollment has skyrocketed in the state and others that...
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Appalachian Regional Hospitals use untruthful information to encourage Obamacare signups; CEO says he has no regrets
The Appalachian Regional Healthcare system has posted notices in its 10 hospitals that “provides an incorrect web address to sign up for federally mandated health coverage, falsely states uninsured patients...
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State Senate passes long-sought bill to ease prescribing of non-narcotic drugs by advanced practice registered nurses
After years of lobby fights between doctors and advanced practice registered nurses, the state Senate has passed 36-1 a compromise version of legislation that would allow some APRNs to prescribe...
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Haynes says Obamacare may drive down Ky.’s health ranking initially because so many uninsured have gone undiagnosed
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s low health rankings may get lower before they go up, both because of the state’s expansion of Medicaid under federal health reform, the...
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Appalachian Kentucky newspapers improved their Obamacare coverage after rollout, but it remained heavily political
Appalachian Kentucky newspapers gave their readers limited information about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the two months before the Oct. 1 rollout of the law, and their...
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How Obamacare changes health-insurance system, Medicaid
Jan. 1 was the first effective day of the new health-insurance system created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and Sarah Kiliff of The Washington Post took the...