Author: Al Cross
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Newspapers large and small inform readers (and even non-subscribers) about the complexities of health-care reform
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues In about two months, states and the federal government will open online marketplaces for health insurance, which...
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Rural doctors need to support recruitment of more colleagues, former Leitchfield hospital administrator writes
With Kentucky’s doctor shortage about to be exacerbated by expansion of the Medicaid program and federally subsidized health insurance, there will be more competition than ever to recruit physicians, especially...
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Minorities need to ignore myths and sign up for organ donation, writes African American columnist for Herald-Leader
http://www.kentucky.com/2013/07/27/2736229/merlene-davis-minorities-need.html
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Christian program resumes operation, paying medical bills for churchgoers who vow not to smoke, drink or have extramarital sex
http://www.kentucky.com/2013/07/26/2733933/medi-shares-legal-battle-with.html
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Harlan County Schools look for school-nurse help after county health department, which had done it for free, asks for $10,000
http://www.harlandaily.com/view/full_story/23219874/article-Board-tackles-nurse-issue? Update: http://www.harlandaily.com/view/full_story/23250170/article-School-district-asked-to-pay-for-nursing-services?
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Beshear, Stumbo credit law for reducing prescription-drug deaths, but reduction was far outnumbered by rise in heroin fatalities
UPDATE: Final, revised data show that prescription-drug deaths in Kentucky actually increased slightly, from 1,022 in 2011 to 1,031 in 2,012, according to the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center....
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Hospital and insurance chiefs say health reform will improve Ky.’s health care and its health, after bumps in road
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The federal health-reform law will improve health care and help make Kentuckians healthier, though some will be inconvenienced, officials of Kentucky’s leading hospitals and...
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Dr. Hernandez, dead at 84, remembered as public-health leader, especially for women
Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 16, for Dr. Calixto “Carlos” Hernandez, a Cuban refugee who was a leader in Kentucky’s public-health system and commissioner of the state health department...
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Owsley men most likely in U.S. to be obese, Perry women most likely to die; Morgan women led nation in increasing exercise
Men in Owsley County are the fattest in the United States, and women in Perry County have the lowest life expectancy, 72, according to an NBC News report based on...
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Kentucky Spirit leaves the state; cabinet assigns company’s clients to other Medicaid managed-care firms
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News About 125,000 Medicaid patients in Kentucky have a new insurance company, with Saturday’s departure of Kentucky Spirit from the state. The state Cabinet for...