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News briefs for Jan. 16
Medicaid Nurse Aide Training Course set Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center is accepting applications for a Medicaid Nurse Aide Training Course. The next training course begins Feb. 4 and continues through Feb. 27. Classes will meet Monday,...
Tags: Medicaid, Health Insurance, Zoology, Wildlife, Hospitals and Clinics
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Assembly faces no shortage of issues in 2013's short session
Greetings and best wishes for a new year. A new year also marks a new season in your state capital. On Tuesday, the Senate convened for the 2013 30-day General Assembly session. The first week is traditionally an “organizational” week in which...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Executive Branch
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Doctors, patients struggling with Kentucky's privatized Medicaid system
kpeek@amnews.comMuch of the country is reveling in the changes affecting doctors and patients due to the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as “Obamacare.” However, many Kentucky hospitals and doctors — and consequently their patients — are...Tags: Steve Beshear, General Practitioners, Healthcare Contract Issues, Chemotherapy, Privatization
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House gives final passage to fiscal cliff bill
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Past its own New Year's deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national "fiscal cliff" of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night in the culmination of a struggle that...Tags: Medicare, Democratic Party, Tea Party Movement, Politics, U.S. Senate
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Senator Palmer: Taxes will top General Assembly agenda
The Kentucky General Assembly will begin the first part of the 2013 30-day session Jan. 8, and Sen. R.J. Palmer, D-28, said tax reform, the possible legalization of hemp and school safety could all be targeted by legislators. “I have discussed...
Tags: Steve Beshear, General Practitioners, Credit and Debt, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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Central Kentucky health care providers cut ties with Coventry Cares
The Physicians’ Network, a group of 550 independent physicians in Central Kentucky, has announced plans to cut its ties with Medicaid provider Coventry Cares of Kentucky. Clark County physician Dr. Ralph Alvarado, president of the network, which...
Tags: Medicaid, Insurance, General Practitioners, Health Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics
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Clark County school district employees to get one-time salary increase
Full-time certified and classified school district staff will receive an early Christmas present this year. The Clark County Board of Education unanimously approved Tuesday a one-time $900 salary add-on for the employees to be paid in December. The...
Tags: Medicaid, Georgetown, Health Insurance, Nursing, Medical Specialization
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School health care to change
The Winchester SunChanges to the state Medicaid program could lead to the end of a partnership between the Clark County Health Department and the Clark County Board of Education. In November 2011, the state began contracting with managed care organizations,¿Kentucky...Tags: Justice System, Medicaid, Laws, Health Insurance, Diabetes
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U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie gets to know Jessamine chamber
Congressman Brett Guthrie, who represents the 2nd Congressional District that includes the western part of Jessamine County and encompasses Wilmore, had lunch at Wesley Village last Thursday, Oct. 25, with members of the Jessamine County Chamber of...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama, U.S. House of Representatives, Brett Guthrie
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GUEST COLUMN: 'Obamacare' bad for Kentucky
Contributing WriterWhen Dennis Budlove arrived at the Fern Terrace personal long-term care facility in Bowling Green nine months ago, he said “I felt like I came home.” But will Budlove, 50, who suffers both physical and psychological problems, still have a...Tags: Medicaid, Health Insurance, Long Term Care, Mental Health, Nursing Homes
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GUEST COLUMN: Political games won't fill sinkhole
Contributing WriterThis is the season political junkies live for. Presidential elections, with all of their twists and turns, polls and prognostications, are what partisans crave. The most recent debate between Gov. Romney and President Obama was — if little else...Tags: Unemployment, Healthcare Policies, Health Insurance Cost, Executive Branch, Health Care Reform (2009)
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'Obamacare' shouldn't be a cuss word
The prevailing attitude of Kentucky voters toward President Obama’s Affordable Care Act recalls the proverbial man in a lifeboat firing on his rescuers. Do we really want to reject expanded federal Medicaid coverage and dollars by supporting the...Tags: Medicare, Nursing, Politics, Health Care Reform (2009), Medicaid
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