Author: Al Cross
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Harrodsburg Herald, a weekly newspaper, does three-part series on tobacco issues in Mercer County and statewide
In a state where more than one of every four adults smoke, tobacco is an issue in every county, but it’s rare for weekly newspapers to take a detailed look...
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Beshear, in D.C., speaks bluntly about state’s health issues and ‘rank politics’ that keeps some states from expanding Medicaid
Beshear at the Brookings Insttitution By Al Cross Kentucky Health News An interesting thing sometimes happens to governors when they travel to Washington; they speak a little more freely than...
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UK gets approval to add 120 hospital beds, bringing its total to 945 and long-term building project’s cost past $1 billion
The University of Kentucky has received state approval to add 120 beds to its hospital complex, which will bring its total to 945 beds at UK Chandler Hospital, Kentucky Children’s...
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Students in poor Louisville neighborhoods learn healthful behaviors in Farm to Family Initiative
A program to fight childhood obesity and foster healthy habits in Louisville’s under-served youth has seen positive results since its launch in October 2013, says KentuckyOne Health. Results include: 41 percent...
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Prince Charles to keynote Louisville health and food symposium
Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles Prince Charles of the United Kingdom will keynote a health symposium in Louisville March 20. The prince of Wales and his wife Camilla Parker-Bowles, duchess...
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Almost 103,000 Kentuckians now on private health insurance through Kynect, state says
More than 158,000 Kentuckians signed up for private health insurance or Medicaid coverage in the second round of open enrollment under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The...
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Obamacare deadline is extended for those who had technical problems; state may also extend it for those facing a tax penalty
Were you unable to sign up for Kynect health insurance by the Sunday deadline because of technical problems? You now have until Feb. 28 to sign up. “And like other...
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Opinion: Toward a healthier Kentucky, with a smoke-free law
By the Friedell Committee for Health System Transformation It is no secret that Kentucky is among the unhealthiest states in our country. Kentucky is No. 7 in cardiovascular deaths, No....
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‘Medicaid Dashboard’ gives county-by-county details on 375,000 who joined program, what screenings they got, what they found
The expansion of the federal-state Medicaid program under federal health reform marks the biggest change in Kentucky health care since Medicare began in the mid-1960s. Almost 400,000 people have joined...
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Thousands of Kentuckians face federal tax penalty for not having health insurance
“Thousands of Kentuckians might face a penalty this tax season for failing to sign up for health insurance during 2014,” Mary Meehan reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. The state estimated...