What Trump voters with Obamacare want in health coverage
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News Affordability appears to be one of the most important concerns for Donald Trump voters as the president and Congress go about repealing and replacing...
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By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News Affordability appears to be one of the most important concerns for Donald Trump voters as the president and Congress go about repealing and replacing...
An analysis of two well-controlled studies estimates that the number of preventable hospital-associated deaths are over 200,000 each year, argues a commentary in the Journal of Patient Safety. In an...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky had the largest percentage decline in its uninsured population from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. But 234,000 Kentuckians still don’t have...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One in four Kentucky adults have ever tried electronic cigarettes, with the largest percentage of those reporting use between the ages of 18 and...
Daily Mail photo Older adults with arthritis need 45 minutes of “moderate activity” a week to maintain functional independence, a study has concluded. That’s about one-third the amount called for...
Clinical trials of a long-acting therapeutic treatment to treat moderate to severe opioid-use disorders were shown to be effective, making the treatment a good contender for submission to the Food...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Ohio’s Medicaid expansion enrollees say having health coverage made it easier for them to keep or find work, and most said it gave them...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The reformulation of OxyContin in 2010 is the main reason for the large increase in heroin overdose in recent years, according to a working paper...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Repealing and not replacing two key parts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – expansion of the Medicaid program and subsidies for...
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky awarded grants in 2016 totaling a little more than $1 million to nonprofit organizations and community health coalitions working to improve Kentucky’s health. That...