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Beshear and two other Democratic governors say Obamacare is working in their states, and cite examples
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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...
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National Rural Health Day to be held Nov. 21, including webinars on current topics
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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...
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Obamacare will work, Beshear promises on 'Meet the Press'
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7:14 AM
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Citing Kentucky examples, Gov. Steve Beshear promised a national audience on " Meet the Press " S...
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Conway says ruling in his Oxycontin lawsuit means he will seek settlement of $100 million or more
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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...
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National magazine looks at drug companies' efforts to stop anti-methamphetamine bills, especially in Kentucky
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12:32 PM
In a strong piece of investigative reporting for Mother Jones magazine, largely about Kentucky, freelancer Jonah Engle delves into the histo...
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Kissner, six Medicaid directors from other states picked for national institute
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10:48 AM
State Medicaid Commissioner Lawrence Kissner is one of seven state program directors to participate in the year-long Medicaid Leadership Ins...
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Baucus sees a health-reform 'train wreck,' fearing insurance exchanges won't be ready
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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...
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Feds letting Arkansas privatize Medicaid expansion; idea could spread like wildfire, as in Florida, but cost questions remain
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6:58 PM
Arkansas has turned heads nationally with its preliminary plan to expand Medicaid using the private insurance market, showing that the Obama...
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If Republican governors are agreeing to expand Medicaid after lobbying by hospitals, can Beshear be far behind?
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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...
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Kasich of Ohio is fifth Republican governor to accept Medicaid expansion; he and others cite need to protect rural hospitals, poor
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2:39 PM
Several Republican governors have decided to expand Medicaid under federal health-care reform, saying their conservative principles were out...
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Oregon may show the way for Kentucky in drug treatment
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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 ...
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Kentucky's pill-mill problem and law to fight it get national airing, with issues of patient privacy versus public health debated
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3:25 PM
Kentucky's "pill problem" went more public Thursday when David Hopkins, head of the state's prescription drug monitoring p...
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Rural states with declining immunization rates have increasing incidence of whooping cough
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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...
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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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
On EHR's: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil: Part 2
Part 1 is here . This is the second a series of posts I plan on the issue of "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil" regarding...