Health News
- Man With Heavy Chicken Pox And Recent Foreign Travel Prompts Danville Hospital To Close Er, Say Very Little To Local Newspaper
Police guard emergency area. (Advocate-Messenger photo)An adult patient with a heavy case of chicken pox and a recent history of international travel prompted Ephraim McDowell Memorial Hospital in Danville to close its emergency department Saturday evening....
- Bourbon Co. Teen Named South's Top Youth Anti-tobacco Advocate For His Efforts In Pushing For County Smoking Ban
Tyler Boyle (Photo from Lexington Herald-Leader)Tyler Boyle, a Bourbon County High School senior and president of Students Making A Change in the Community, was named the South Region Youth Advocate of the Year by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids for...
- Obamacare Deadline Is Extended For Those Who Had Technical Problems; State May Also Extend It For Those Facing A Tax Penalty
Were you unable to sign up for Kynect health insurance by the Sunday deadline because of technical problems? You now have until Feb. 28 to sign up. "And like other states and the federal government, Kentucky officials are also considering a 'special...
- Kentuckians With Health Insurance Are More Likely To Have Heard About Kynect Than Those Without Insurance, Poll Finds
The 10 percent of Kentuckians who remain without health insurance are less likely to have heard much about Kynect, the state health-insurance exchange created under the federal health-reform law, than those who have insurance. But overall, the uninsured...
- Hospice Firms Drain Billions From Medicare By Taking Patients Who Aren't Actually Dying, Washington Post Discovers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/medicare-rules-create-a-booming-business-in-hospice-care-for-people-who-arent-dying/2013/12/26/4ff75bbe-68c9-11e3-ae56-22de072140a2_story.html ...
Health News
Danville newspaper's story on Obamacare and Kynect captures the problems and anxiety among the uninsured
http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/news/local/boyle/kynect-sign-up-in-boyle-brings-much-concern-some-relief/article_ca58abfe-8a7c-11e3-be4e-001a4bcf6878.html
- Man With Heavy Chicken Pox And Recent Foreign Travel Prompts Danville Hospital To Close Er, Say Very Little To Local Newspaper
Police guard emergency area. (Advocate-Messenger photo)An adult patient with a heavy case of chicken pox and a recent history of international travel prompted Ephraim McDowell Memorial Hospital in Danville to close its emergency department Saturday evening....
- Bourbon Co. Teen Named South's Top Youth Anti-tobacco Advocate For His Efforts In Pushing For County Smoking Ban
Tyler Boyle (Photo from Lexington Herald-Leader)Tyler Boyle, a Bourbon County High School senior and president of Students Making A Change in the Community, was named the South Region Youth Advocate of the Year by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids for...
- Obamacare Deadline Is Extended For Those Who Had Technical Problems; State May Also Extend It For Those Facing A Tax Penalty
Were you unable to sign up for Kynect health insurance by the Sunday deadline because of technical problems? You now have until Feb. 28 to sign up. "And like other states and the federal government, Kentucky officials are also considering a 'special...
- Kentuckians With Health Insurance Are More Likely To Have Heard About Kynect Than Those Without Insurance, Poll Finds
The 10 percent of Kentuckians who remain without health insurance are less likely to have heard much about Kynect, the state health-insurance exchange created under the federal health-reform law, than those who have insurance. But overall, the uninsured...
- Hospice Firms Drain Billions From Medicare By Taking Patients Who Aren't Actually Dying, Washington Post Discovers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/medicare-rules-create-a-booming-business-in-hospice-care-for-people-who-arent-dying/2013/12/26/4ff75bbe-68c9-11e3-ae56-22de072140a2_story.html ...