Author: Al Cross
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Kentuckians split on taxing sugary drinks to pay for nutrition and physical-activity programs, but like warning labels for such drinks
Should soda and other sugary drinks be taxed to fund school nutrition and physical activity programs? Kentucky adults are almost evenly divided on the issue, but the majority of them...
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Survey shows satisfaction with after-school programs aimed at helping children’s health and physical fitness
Kentucky Health News A household survey for the Afterschool Alliance shows that after-school programs may be key in preventing childhood obesity in Kentucky and across the nation. The “Kids on...
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Obamacare requires mental-health coverage to be at parity with other coverage, but 1/4 of plans don’t do that, study concludes
Federal health reform “has improved access to mental health care for thousands of Kentuckians, but coverage for that care remains unequal to what people get for physical illnesses despite a...
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Bardstown hospital sponsors monthly ‘Walk With a Doc’
Here’s an interesting idea to promote physical activity and maybe even health literacy: take a walk with your doctor. Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown hosts monthly “Walk With a Doc” events...
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Kenton County Schools ban use of tobacco
The Kenton County Board of Education voted unanimously March 2 to approve a smoke-free policy immediately prohibiting the use of tobacco on school property, in board-owned vehicles and on school-related...
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Poll analysis indicates Kentucky has the largest percentage of people who have gained health coverage under Obamacare
Kentucky has the nation’s highest percentage of formerly uninsured people who have gained coverage under federal health reform, according to an alternative interpretation of the latest national polling data from...
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Grant will fund Lexington signs, maps to encourage walking
A $182,000 grant will fund a pilot project in Lexington to encourage citizens to walk more, by erecting way-finding signs for pedestrians and updating walking maps. The new Walk Lexington...
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Beshear says Ky. rural hospitals ‘have a positive cash flow’ but he can’t prove it; industry says it sees ‘some improvement’
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Steve Beshear says Kentucky’s rural hospitals are profitable again, thanks to his expansion of Medicaid, but he offers little evidence...
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Kynect opens special enrollment period March 2-April 30 to give people without health insurance a chance to avoid tax penalty
The state health-insurance exchange, Kynect, is reopening enrollment in March and April to allow signups by Kentuckians who discovered that not having health insurance means they have to pay a...
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Humana plan members can join Weight Watchers free for six months, get ‘a significant discount thereafter,’ companies say
Humana Inc. and Weight Watchers International Inc. are teaming up to help employers attack the rising level of obesity and its health-related impacts. Employees in Humana-managed, employer-sponsored health plans now...