Tag: state government
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School nurses are an unfunded mandate for schools, which are picking up more of their cost as health department budgets shrink
Marion County nurse Renee Schooling helps Levi Hardin, a Marion County first grader with diabetes, check his blood sugar. (Lebanon Enterprise Photo by Stevie Lowery) Kentucky school nurses are stretched thin across...
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Beshear says his managed-care plan is saving money and improving health outcomes; state points finger at hospitals
Six months ago, Gov. Steve Beshear applied an intensive plan to solve Medicaid managed-care implementation issues. On Thursday, he said the system is working more effectively for both providers and...
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KET program to feature citizens who work in three programs to improve the health of Kentucky children
The next episode of KET‘s “Health Three60” series will be a program that features citizens who have made a difference in the health of Kentucky children. “Champions for Children’s Health”...
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Nationwide, eyes on are Ky.’s implementation and debate about Obamacare, and thousands of Kentuckians are signing up for it
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The good, the bad and the ugly about health reform in Kentucky are showing up on national news as the state’s two Republican senators...
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Kentucky ranks high in prescription drug abuse, but also is a national leader in efforts to fight it, state-by-state analysis says
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News A new report finds many states do not have effective strategies in place to fight prescription drug abuse, but Kentucky scores high on most prevention...
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Ky. health-insurance exchange working better than elsewhere; website to undergo scheduled maintenance this weekend
Despite its first-day problems, Kentucky’s new health-insurance website was the nation’s top performer in the new system, the director of state health reform at the Kaiser Family Foundation told The...
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State health-insurance website crashes after 24,000 use it; later, officials say almost 78,000 visited it by 7 p.m.
The website of Kynect, the state’s new health-insurance marketplace, crashed at 8:30 a.m. today, because so many people were trying to use it, Gov. Steve Beshear’s office said. Similar problems...
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Federal shutdown won’t stop Obamacare, Ky. insurance exchange
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The federal government is on the brink of shutdown after House Republicans refused to pass a budget unless it involved a delay in the...
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Northern Kentucky health board supports statewide smoking ban
The main health board in Northern Kentucky, where local smoking bans have stirred much controversy. has endorsed the idea of a statewide ban on smoking in all places of employment....
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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...