By John Winn Miller Republished from the Lexington Herald-Leader Americans will always be at loggerheads about health-care reform until...
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What the US "Health Care Reform" Debate Did Not AddressHealthy Care Renewal
It looks like the bizarre process in the US Senate ostensibly to "repeal and replace Obamacare" (aka the Affordable Care Act, or A...
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Syringe exchanges and drug therapy can quash 3/4 of hepatitis C cases; the rest need fewer barriers to treatment, experts sayHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky leads the nation in new infections of hepatitis C, a liver disease now mainly driven by ...
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Foiled again, Republicans in Washington are divided about whether to keep trying to pass a health-insurance billHealthy Care
Pence, McConnell and Trump in happier days ( Getty Images ) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News After his last-ditch attempt to p...
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FDA delays rules that would restrict electronic cigarettes, and suggests it might endorse them as an aid to stop smokingHealthy Care
"Electronic-cigarette makers won a major reprieve on Friday when the Food and Drug Administration delayed regulations that could have...
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Strike Three! A Statesman and Two Adults––Republicans Fail to "Repeal and Replace" ObamacareHealthy care policy
The latest attempt by Senate Republicans to "repeal and replace" Obamacare––the “skinny” plan––failed early this morning on a vote...
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McConnell files 'skinny repeal' bill; vote expected around midnightHealthy Care
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced what has been generally dubbed his “skinny repeal” of the Patient Protection and Affordabl...
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Senators seek assurance that House won't pass the bill McConnell may ask them to pass; they want to keep talks goingHealthy Care
A stripped-down version of a health-insurance bill won't pass the Senate unless House Speaker Paul Ryan guarantees that the House will t...
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1 in 12 Ky. high-school sophomores in 2016 poll said they'd attempted suicide in previous year; prevention efforts increaseHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A 2016 survey found that 8.2 percent of Kentucky's high-school sophomores – about one in 12 –...
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The Mysterious Demise of World Health Networks - Fugitive Kazakhs, the Trump Organization, Dodgy Visa Applications, Oh MyHealthy Care Renewal
A common justification for a market fundamentalist approach to health care is the promise of innovation. Providing market-based incentives...
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Strike Two––The Republican Obamacare "Repeal and Replace" FiascoHealthy care policy
Three strikes and you're out. On Monday, Senate Republicans approved proceeding to debate on "repealing and replacing" Obamaca...
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Paul gives McConnell his vote to open health-insurance debate, then votes against his repeal-and-replace bill; more votes comingHealthy Care
Sens. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and John Cornyn of Texas after the vote to start debate ( Washington Post photo by Oliver Contre...
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Annual Bost Health Policy Forum to be held in Lexington Sept. 25; focus will be on "Kentucky's Substance Use Crisis"Healthy Care
The 2017 Howard L. Bost Health Policy Forum, "Kentucky's Substance Use Crisis: Solutions and Strategies" will have as its ke...
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Nursing professor at Pikeville moves up to deanHealthy Care
Karen Damron Karen Damron, an associate professor in the Elliott School of Nursing at the University of Pikeville , is the new de...
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Interactive map gives estimated premiums, by age, income and county, under latest Senate health-insurance billHealthy Care
The fate of health-insurance legislation in the Senate remains very much up in the air , but the Kaiser Family Foundation has updated its i...
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