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Appalachian Ky. newspapers emphasized political voices in coverage of Obamacare in 2 months before exchange opened
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8:02 PM
Newspaper readers in Appalachian Kentucky rarely had the opportunity to read factual, impartial information about health-care reform in the ...
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health journalism
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health reform
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newspapers
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Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act
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rural journalism
Weekly newspaper's editorial advises readers to ignore 'irresponsible rhetoric' about Obamacare and find out the facts
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8:31 AM
The Sentinel-News , a twice-weekly newspaper in Shelbyville, reminded Kentuckians to pay close attention to the "irresponsible rhetoric...
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health journalism
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health reform
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newspapers
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Obamacare
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
KET program to feature citizens who work in three programs to improve the health of Kentucky children
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1:14 PM
The next episode of KET 's "Health Three60" series will be a program that features citizens who have made a difference in the...
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child obesity
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childhood obesity
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children
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children's health
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health journalism
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state government
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television
Lexington TV reporter was moved to donate a kidney to a still-unknown stranger and hopes her story will encourage others
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10:46 AM
Lexington television reporter Leigh Searcy donated one of her kidneys to an unknown stranger and explained it to her 5-year-old daughter an...
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health journalism
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Hospitals
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journalism
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kidney transplant
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volunteers
Free webcast for journalists TODAY at 2 p.m. ET will explore rural use of health-insurance exchanges
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6:25 AM
If you lack health insurance, you're more likely to live in a rural area. Put another way, if you're rural, you're more likely t...
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health insurance
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health journalism
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insurance exchange
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journalism
Watch out for specious claims about health-reform law in highly politicized debate; Sen. Paul among those found off base
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8:53 AM
The biggest story in the state and nation is about to be Tuesday's opening of online health-insurance marketplaces, or exchanges, under ...
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Affordable Care Act
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economy
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Health Care Costs
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health costs
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health insurance
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health journalism
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health reform
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insurance exchange
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Medicaid
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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politics
Weekly newspaper in Jessamine County localizes the changes coming to health insurance and health care
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8:17 AM
The Jessamine Journal did a story this week that every Kentucky newspaper can do, spotlighting the local impacts of Medicaid expansion unde...
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health insurance
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health journalism
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health reform
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insurance exchange
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Medicaid
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newspapers
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rural journalism
KET will show how annual county health rankings are stirring competition to improve health, community by community
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8:03 PM
The rankings are in quartiles, or fourths of the 120 counties Kentuckians love the competition among their basketball and football teams. Bu...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
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health journalism
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health rankings
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television
Webinar Tuesday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time will look at rates and plan offerings in state health-insurance exchanges
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8:28 PM
The second in a series of webinars for journalists covering the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be held Tuesday from 12:30 t...
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health insurance
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health journalism
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health reform
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insurance exchange
Aug. 28 webinar will help journalists understand health reform
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10:02 AM
Jennifer Tolbert After The Rural Blog published an item ( see below ) yesterday that said 80 percent of people who could benefit from insur...
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health journalism
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health reform
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Newspapers large and small inform readers (and even non-subscribers) about the complexities of health-care reform
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9:00 PM
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues In about two months, states and the federal government...
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Affordable Care Act
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health communication
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health insurance
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health journalism
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health reform
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insurance exchange
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newspapers
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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state government
Rural doctors need to support recruitment of more colleagues, former Leitchfield hospital administrator writes
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12:11 PM
With Kentucky's doctor shortage about to be exacerbated by expansion of the Medicaid program and federally subsidized health insurance, ...
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Affordable Care Act
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doctor shortage
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doctor shortages
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health insurance
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health journalism
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Hospitals
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Medicaid
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Obamacare
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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physician recruitment
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physicians
Minorities need to ignore myths and sign up for organ donation, writes African American columnist for Herald-Leader
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11:33 AM
http://www.kentucky.com/2013/07/27/2736229/merlene-davis-minorities-need.html
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health journalism
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newspapers
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organ donation
New survey shows physicians feel need to limit health-care costs but make that secondary to the interests of their patients
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1:59 PM
A new survey about health-care costs reveals that 85 percent of U.S. physicians feel a responsibility to address costs but say other profess...
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doctors
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health care
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Health Care Costs
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Health Care Reform
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health journalism
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health transparency
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physicians
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survey
Rushed transition to managed care is cautionary tale for other states, especially those with large rural populations
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11:59 AM
Since Kentucky's abrupt change to a Medicaid managed-care system in 2011, problems have been widespread among patients and providers, hi...
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Affordable Care Act
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health insurance
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health journalism
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health reform
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Hospitals
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managed care
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Medicaid
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mental health
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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physicians
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state budget
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state government
New York Times starts series that will study Affordable Care Act's implementation and impact in Louisville area
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8:12 PM
It's the calm before the health-care storm, and amid the uncertainty of how the health-care reform law will be implemented, health-care ...
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Affordable Care Act
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doctors
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health care access
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health insurance
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health journalism
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health reform
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insurance exchange
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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physicians
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retail clinics
Floyd County newspaper editor calls on readers to make lifestyle changes to address area's diabetes health crisis
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10:40 AM
The editor of an Eastern Kentucky newspaper has joined an advocacy group's call for residents in his county to make simple, healthy life...
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diabetes
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exercise
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health journalism
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heart disease
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nutrition
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obesity
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rural health
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rural journalism
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rural-urban disparities
Veteran journalist offers advice on covering mental health issues: Be careful, creative, and balanced, not discriminatory
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7:28 AM
The term 'mental health' has been tossed around a lot lately in stories about Kentucky's mental health funding and mental health...
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health journalism
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mental health
Half-day seminars on health reform's impact on business Wed. and Thur.; journalists invited
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6:53 PM
Experts on the impact of federal health-care reform on business will give advice to Kentucky companies at half-day seminars in Lexington and...
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Affordable Care Act
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business
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health insurance
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health journalism
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health reform
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Bill to shield nursing homes from lawsuits clears Senate along party lines; not looking healthy in House despite TV, radio ads
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1:52 PM
Last week the state Senate approved on party lines a bill that would make lawsuits against nursing homes go through a review panel first. Re...
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advertising
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health journalism
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health policy
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legislation
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legislature
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lobbying
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long-term care
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newspapers
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nursing homes
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politics
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state government; General Assembly
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tort reform
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Not only may you not get to keep your plan under Obamacare, you might not be able to keep your doctor; there are reasons
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Part of the sales pitch for the federal health-care reform law was that people could keep their do...
Trying to Make Sense of the Covered California Numbers
I've read a number of reports in recent days gushing over the progress Covered California is making leading the nation in signing up peo...
"If You Like Your Doctor You Will Be Able to Keep Your Doctor. Period"
I think you can guess who said that. Actually, here is what the President said at the American Medical Association Meeting in July, 2009––an...
Small Group Health Insurance "Cancellations"––The Next Shoe to Drop But a More Complicated One
Obamacare is impacting the small group insurance market in many of the same ways as the individual health insurance market. While employers ...
Dried mussels: A little plate with 160 g of protein (plus some comments on high-protein low-carbohydrate dieting)
Many hunter-gatherer groups employed various methods of drying to preserve meats. Drying also increases significantly the protein content ...
Humana allows policyholders to keep old plans without paying more; Anthem is still deciding
Humana , one of the three insurance companies offering individual health policies on the state's insurance exchange, will allow Kentuck...
Beshear and two other Democratic governors say Obamacare is working in their states, and cite examples
Gov. Steve Beshear continues to be a major national cheerleader for the federal health-reform law, citing Kentucky examples in an op-ed piec...
Almost 1/4 of Ky. inmates have mental-health issue; lockups are becoming the 'new asylums,' Wall Street Journal says
Almost a fourth of the inmates in Kentucky's prisons and jails have a mental-health issue, and it's part of a growing national probl...
Beshear to study nursing-home staffing minimums, suggests homes' high liability costs are related to poorly ranked care
Responding to a letter from Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform , which cited a low ranking for the state's nursing homes, Gov. Steve B...
Can a Statin Neutralize the Cardiovascular Risk of Unhealthy Dietary Choices?
The title of this post is the exact title of a recent editorial in the American Journal of Cardiology ( 1 ). Investigators calculated the ...