Author: Al Cross
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New Medicaid signup site opens as Kynect starts to wind down
As the new administration of Gov. Matt Bevin continues to move toward dismantling the state’s Kynect health-insurance exchange, it has launched an online portal for Kentuckians to apply for Medicaid...
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Bevin helps lead governors’ push to fight opioids; McConnell pressures new FDA boss on issue before his confirmation
The epidemic of opioid abuse, which is running strong in Kentucky, got a good deal of attention in Washington last week, in Congress, at the White House and at a...
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Patients, other policyholders and providers will have to wait to see how much of their bills failed Ky. Health Cooperative will pay
The co-op’s headquarters in Louisville still bears its name. Thousands of patients and thousands of providers will have to wait until Oct. 15 or later to find out how much...
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Medicaid is in a bigger hole than she expected, Glisson says
Kentucky’s Medicaid program is $124 million over budget and faces a $611 million deficit over the next two years due to its expansion under federal health reform, the impending end...
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PAC ad calls for ‘no more Obamacare’ though Bevin and Stivers say they want to keep covering people in Medicaid expansion
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News A pro-Republican political committee that doesn’t reveal its contributors is running a television commercial in response to former Gov. Steve Beshear’s effort to preserve...
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After eight suicides in 2015, Carter County officials host a suicide-prevention forum; other communities are urged to do likewise
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky is one of the top 20 states for suicide, with nearly 700 Kentuckians taking their own lives each year, and 109 of the...
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UK medical school says it will establish satellite in Bowling Green, expand Morehead program, add Ashland hospital to it
Citing doctor shortages in rural areas, the University of Kentucky is starting a satellite medical school in Bowling Green and expanding its medical-education program in Morehead. UK will partner with Western...
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Bevin administration seeks maximum fines against Planned Parenthood, alleging 23 abortions at Louisville facility were illegal
The administration of Gov. Matt Bevin has filed a lawsuit seeking fines against Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, alleging that it performed 23 abortions without proper authorization in December...
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Glasgow hospital buys bankrupt one in Columbia, stops admitting patients, seeks behavioral-health unit; bad management blamed
The bankrupt Westlake Regional Hospital in Columbia is now called T.J. Health Columbia, after its purchase last week by T.J. Samson Community Hospital of Glasgow. The lack of the word...