First things first. I hope 2020 is a grand year for you and regardless of the impending political discontent and unfolding climate catastrop...
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The Terribly Difficult Things Health Care CEOs Must Do to Make the Big Bucks: Back-to-Back Meetings, Complicated Schedules, Fatiguing Driving?!Healthy Care Renewal
On Health Care Renewal, we have been decrying American health care dysfunction since 2004 (look here). For years, the US consistently has h...
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Flu cases reported at increasing rate; 6 deaths in Ky. this seasonHealthy Care
Kentuckians are getting the flu at an increasing rate, and more are dying from it. In the week ended Dec. 14, there were two deaths, bri...
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Gov. Beshear rescinds Bevin's Medicaid waiver plan but asks federal government to let Kentucky keep four parts of itHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As he promised in his campaign, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear rescinded defeated Republican predec...
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Health officials warn outbreak of drug-resistant bacteria is likely coming from petting puppies in pet stores; 3 of 30 cases are in Ky.Healthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Getting a puppy for Christmas? Keep clean and take it to a vet. At least 30 people in 13 states h...
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Bill raising legal age to buy tobacco and e-cigarettes to 21, pushed by McConnell and e-cig companies, awaits president's signatureHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Legislation to raise the nationwide legal age to buy tobacco produces, including electronic cigar...
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Health Care Special Interests Four Hundred Billion - Consumers ZeroHealthy care policy
That's the Congressional health care score card for December. As the year winds down and must pass year-end spending bills are completed...
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Buttigieg and Biden Spend What They Would Gain Repealing the Republican Tax Cuts on Health CareHealthy care policy
Shouldn't any gain from repealing the Republican tax cuts on the wealthiest go toward fixing the debt and deficit problems these tax cut...
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ACA open enrollment extended until 3 a.m. ET on Dec. 18Healthy Care
Open enrollment for "Obamacare" health insurance has been extended until 3 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 18 because of extensive comp...
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Study shows Ky. had the nation's third largest increase in 2016-18 in the percentage of young children without health insuranceHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Over the past two years, Kentucky saw the third largest increase in the nation for the percentage...
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Northern Ky. Health Dept. declares hepatitis A outbreak over in 4 counties it serves; statewide, it may never be considered 'over'Healthy Care
With no new cases in the past four months, the Northern Kentucky Health Department has declared the hepatitis A outbreak to be over in the ...
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Four flu-related deaths have been reported in Kentucky; state health commissioner urges everyone to get vaccinatedHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Department of Public Health has reported the first four influenza-related deaths of...
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Kentucky legislators have filed four bills targeting teen use of e-cigarettes; Coalition for a Smoke-Free Tomorrow is supporting twoHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As teen use of electronic cigarettes continues to surge, Kentucky lawmakers in both parties will ...
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Bill would create first-aid training program for mental-health and substance-use crises; hope is to make it as common as CPRHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create a training program for mental-health first aid has been pre-filed by state Rep. ...
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What does a leader look like?Healthy Research
A quiet, considered and ethically driven person? A belligerent, posturing and vain liar? Just the sight of Weinstein this week, totteri...
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Greed Outranks Compromise in Congressional Attempts to Fix Surprise Medical BillsHealthy care policy
There are few things in our health care system that are more unfair than surprise medical bills. Consumers think they have good coverage and...
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Medicaid contracts rejected by legislative committee; members of another panel see secrecy and rush to award $8 billion in dealsHealthy Care
On Gov. Matt Bevin's last day in office, Kentucky lawmakers in one committee voted unanimously to reject his administration's recent...
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Man who led implementation of Obamacare under Gov. Andy Beshear's father will be acting health secretary, then deputyHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Just hours before being sworn in as the state's next governor, Andy Beshear named the remaini...
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How to Reduce the Conflicts of Interests in Health Care in a Country Whose Leader Has Flagrant, Unconstitutional Conflicts of Interest? Healthy Care Renewal
Introduction: Conflicts of Interest in Health Care Our first post about conflicts of interest appeared on December 22, 2004, and was about &...
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U.S. Supreme Court, by refusing to hear challenge, upholds Ky. law requiring pre-abortion ultrasound and script reading by doctorHealthy Care
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-wont-review-abortion-law-challenged-by-doctors-who-say-it-violates-their-ri...
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Our Fifteenth Anniversary - Welcome Back to Health Care RenewalHealthy Care Renewal
Today is the fifteenth anniversary of Health Care Renewal. As a reminder of where we began, below is a re-post of our welcome to the blog. W...
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Dollar General plans to open 1,000 stores in 2020; some worry they contribute to poor nutrition in rural areasHealthy Care
Dollar General Corp. , one of the fastest-growing retailers in the country, has announced it will open 1,000 new stores in 2020, just as it ...
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The Trump/Republican 2020 Health Care PlanHealthy care policy
The Republicans don't yet have a health care plan less than a year before the 2020 elections. But based upon their 2017 Obamacare repeal...
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E-cigarette use among nation's youth up 39% from last year; Fayette County school board votes to sue e-cig companiesHealthy Care
National Youth Tobacco Survey graphic By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Teenagers' use of electronic cigarettes cont...
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