McConnell says Obamacare will have to be replaced gradually
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be replaced “in a phased-in way over a period of time,” not right away, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday. “You...
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be replaced “in a phased-in way over a period of time,” not right away, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday. “You...
There was anecdotal evidence after the presidential election of a correlation between counties that swung big to Donald Trump and those with poor health status. The Economist magazine used a...
President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to keep requiring health-insurance companies to cover people with pre-existing conditions, but knowledgeable observers say that would still require all Americans to buy...
The election of Donald Trump and continued Republican control of Congress have compounded worries about the future of health care for the 440,000 Kentuckians who gained it from the expansion...
Donald Trump and President Obama met Thursday. (Photo: Michael Reynolds, European Pressphoto Agency) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The administration of Gov. Matt Bevin says it will continue negotiations...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – State health officials didn’t shy away from saying that smoking was one of Kentucky’s top health issues at a recent meeting...
A Republican recently elected to the state House has filed legislation that would allow physician assistants to prescribe controlled substances, something they can do in every other state beginning in...
Marijuana use is not among your doctor’s major worries, but that might depend on his or her politics, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News image: lexingtonhealthdepartment.org The administration of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin is requiring syringe exchanges funded by state grants to be limited to one-for-one trading of...
McConnell with other GOP Senate leaders, John Barrasso of Wyoming and John Cornyn of Texas (Getty Images photo by Alex Wong) Congress has finally appropriated $1.1 billion to fight the...