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- Remote Area Medical Plans To Bring More Local Clinics To Kentucky And Other Areas In The 'distressed Corridor' Of Appalachia
More help could be coming for Appalachian Kentuckians who need health care. Remote Area Medical is launching a two-year campaign beginning in September called "Stop the Suffering in Appalachia," designed to work with community organizations, health-care...
- Free Clinics Are Wary Of How Health Reform Will Affect Them
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Free health clinics for the uninsured face an uncertain future as the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act is implemented. Kentucky has more than 50 such clinics. The Anderson County Community Medical...
- Horses And Hope Race Day Set For Nov. 18 At Churchill Downs
The Fifth Annual Horses and Hope Race Day honoring breast cancer survivors will be Sunday, Nov. 18, at Churchill Downs. Hosted by First Lady Jane Beshear and the Kentucky Cancer Program at the University of Louisville?s James Graham Brown Cancer Center,...
- Free Dental, Health, Vision Clinic To Help Hundreds This Weekend
This weekend, about 1,000 people will get free dental, medical and vision care in Pike County. The effort is sponsored by Kentucky's Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps, which hosts a free clinic that provides free treatment to those who come from...
- Louisville's University Hospital Limits Care For Non-local Patients
University Hospital in Louisville has been forced to stop providing some free or deeply discounted care to patients who live outside Jefferson County. The number of low-income patients coming to the hospital from surrounding counties created a $20 million...
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Free clinic helps care for poor workers in horse racing industry
People who don't have health insurance but who work at Churchill Downs and elsewhere in the horse racing industry can get free care, thanks to the Kentucky Racing Health Services Center.
"The nonprofit, nurse-managed clinic started as a joint venture between the University of Louisville and the Kentucky Racing Health and Welfare Fund, a non-profit organization that gets its money from when people wager but do not cash their tickets," The Courier-Journal's Laura Ungar reports.
The clinic opened six years ago and helps about 2,500 patients a year. Most earn very low wages; stable-help and groom positions pay between $150 and $250 a week plus housing, equine-related employment service Equimax found.
To be treated, workers must be able to show a valid racing license and be employed in the horse industry. Many of the clinic's patients are Hispanics, who have a disproportionately high number of health issues compared to the rest of the population in part because language barriers can either keep them from getting care or understanding instruction. In Jefferson County, the number of Hispanics has increased ? representing 4.4. percent of Jefferson County's population in the 2010 U.S. Census versus 1.8 percent in 2000. (Read more)
- Remote Area Medical Plans To Bring More Local Clinics To Kentucky And Other Areas In The 'distressed Corridor' Of Appalachia
More help could be coming for Appalachian Kentuckians who need health care. Remote Area Medical is launching a two-year campaign beginning in September called "Stop the Suffering in Appalachia," designed to work with community organizations, health-care...
- Free Clinics Are Wary Of How Health Reform Will Affect Them
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Free health clinics for the uninsured face an uncertain future as the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act is implemented. Kentucky has more than 50 such clinics. The Anderson County Community Medical...
- Horses And Hope Race Day Set For Nov. 18 At Churchill Downs
The Fifth Annual Horses and Hope Race Day honoring breast cancer survivors will be Sunday, Nov. 18, at Churchill Downs. Hosted by First Lady Jane Beshear and the Kentucky Cancer Program at the University of Louisville?s James Graham Brown Cancer Center,...
- Free Dental, Health, Vision Clinic To Help Hundreds This Weekend
This weekend, about 1,000 people will get free dental, medical and vision care in Pike County. The effort is sponsored by Kentucky's Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps, which hosts a free clinic that provides free treatment to those who come from...
- Louisville's University Hospital Limits Care For Non-local Patients
University Hospital in Louisville has been forced to stop providing some free or deeply discounted care to patients who live outside Jefferson County. The number of low-income patients coming to the hospital from surrounding counties created a $20 million...