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Beshear and two other Democratic governors say Obamacare is working in their states, and cite examples

Posted by | 8:48 AM
Gov. Steve Beshear continues to be a major national cheerleader for the federal health-reform law, citing Kentucky examples in an op-ed piec...

National Rural Health Day to be held Nov. 21, including webinars on current topics

Posted by | 7:29 AM
The third annual National Rural Health Day, which brings awareness to rural health issues and current efforts in addressing these issues, wi...

Obamacare will work, Beshear promises on 'Meet the Press'

Posted by | 7:14 AM
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Citing Kentucky examples, Gov. Steve Beshear promised a national audience on " Meet the Press " S...

Conway says ruling in his Oxycontin lawsuit means he will seek settlement of $100 million or more

Posted by | 11:58 AM
Attorney General Jack Conway says he wants  Purdue Pharma to settle for $100 million or more after it missed a deadline to respond to his ar...

National magazine looks at drug companies' efforts to stop anti-methamphetamine bills, especially in Kentucky

Posted by | 12:32 PM
In a strong piece of investigative reporting for Mother Jones magazine, largely about Kentucky, freelancer Jonah Engle delves into the histo...

Kissner, six Medicaid directors from other states picked for national institute

Posted by | 10:48 AM
State Medicaid Commissioner Lawrence Kissner is one of seven state program directors to participate in the year-long Medicaid Leadership Ins...

Baucus sees a health-reform 'train wreck,' fearing insurance exchanges won't be ready

Posted by | 12:59 PM
Max Baucus (J. Scott Applewhite, AP) Senator Max Baucus, who as Senate Finance Committee chair helped write the health-care reform law, has...

Feds letting Arkansas privatize Medicaid expansion; idea could spread like wildfire, as in Florida, but cost questions remain

Posted by | 6:58 PM
Arkansas has turned heads nationally with its preliminary plan to expand Medicaid using the private insurance market, showing that the Obama...

If Republican governors are agreeing to expand Medicaid after lobbying by hospitals, can Beshear be far behind?

Posted by | 7:29 AM
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Florida Gov. Rick Scott's surprising announcement that he would use federal health-care reform money to...

Kasich of Ohio is fifth Republican governor to accept Medicaid expansion; he and others cite need to protect rural hospitals, poor

Posted by | 2:39 PM
Several Republican governors have decided to expand Medicaid under federal health-care reform, saying their conservative principles were out...

Oregon may show the way for Kentucky in drug treatment

Posted by | 8:24 AM
In facing up to its need for more drug-treatment facilities, Kentucky could learn some lessons from Oregon, Courier-Journal reporter Laura ...

Kentucky's pill-mill problem and law to fight it get national airing, with issues of patient privacy versus public health debated

Posted by | 3:25 PM
Kentucky's "pill problem" went more public Thursday when David Hopkins, head of the state's prescription drug monitoring p...

Rural states with declining immunization rates have increasing incidence of whooping cough

Posted by | 1:08 PM
In the state that once had the highest immunization rate, Vermont's medical community is not so proud of anymore. Fewer people are vacci...