Princess Health and Official praises needle exchanges and medication-assisted treatment for addiction: 'Treatment works. Recovery is possible.' . Princessiccia

Princess Health and Official praises needle exchanges and medication-assisted treatment for addiction: 'Treatment works. Recovery is possible.' . Princessiccia

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Scott HesseltineScott Hesseltine, the new vice-president of addiction services at...

Princess Health and Feds strengthen anti-discrimination health rules. Princessiccia

Princess Health and Feds strengthen anti-discrimination health rules. Princessiccia

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Princess Health and Study shows uninsured rate keeps falling, preventive services are popular and rural hospitals have more uncompensated care. Princessiccia

Princess Health and Study shows uninsured rate keeps falling, preventive services are popular and rural hospitals have more uncompensated care. Princessiccia

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By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health NewsThe share of Kentuckians without health insurance...

Princess Health and Many Americans, including those on Obamacare plans, can't afford their health-insurance deductibles, studies show. Princessiccia

Princess Health and Many Americans, including those on Obamacare plans, can't afford their health-insurance deductibles, studies show. Princessiccia

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The United States has entered the era of high out-of-pocket medical cost as a way...

Princess Health and Suicide rates are rising in the U.S.; experts attribute high rate in rural Ky. to poor mental health access, stigma and 'gun culture'. Princessiccia

Princess Health and Suicide rates are rising in the U.S.; experts attribute high rate in rural Ky. to poor mental health access, stigma and 'gun culture'. Princessiccia

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By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health NewsAfter a decade of decline, suicide is becoming...

Princess Health and Struggling Tenn. hospital takes care of Kentuckians, who get better care than Tennesseans thanks to expanded Medicaid. Princessiccia

Princess Health and Struggling Tenn. hospital takes care of Kentuckians, who get better care than Tennesseans thanks to expanded Medicaid. Princessiccia

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Jellico Community Hospital, just across the Kentucky border in Tennessee along...

Princess Health and Legislature's many health bills include some with life-saving potential, better prevention, greater access and help for children. Princessiccia

Princess Health and Legislature's many health bills include some with life-saving potential, better prevention, greater access and help for children. Princessiccia

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By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health NewsOne paragraph in this story was incorrect...

Princess Health andLaw requires equal access to mental-health and drug-abuse treatment, but is not always obeyed; Ky. says it's working on issue.Princessiccia

Princess Health andLaw requires equal access to mental-health and drug-abuse treatment, but is not always obeyed; Ky. says it's working on issue.Princessiccia

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By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health NewsBy law, mental health benefits must be offered...

Princess Health andKentuckyOne Health is offering mobile screenings for risk of heart attack and stroke, and cancer prevention, for a price.Princessiccia

Princess Health andKentuckyOne Health is offering mobile screenings for risk of heart attack and stroke, and cancer prevention, for a price.Princessiccia

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For a price, KentuckyOne Health is offering a new, mobile, preventive screening...

Princess Health andFate of rural hospitals rests in the hands of community members, writes publisher of weekly Crittenden Press in Marion.Princessiccia

Princess Health andFate of rural hospitals rests in the hands of community members, writes publisher of weekly Crittenden Press in Marion.Princessiccia

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Just like country grocery stores in rural areas often have to close because community...

Princess Health andPlight of woman needing lung transplant, who has fallen through the cracks of the health-care system, gets attention from CNN.Princessiccia

Princess Health andPlight of woman needing lung transplant, who has fallen through the cracks of the health-care system, gets attention from CNN.Princessiccia

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Update: CNN reports that Kentucky issued a Medicaid provider number to the University...

Princess Health and Princess Health andHumana Inc. bus travels the rural roads of Mississippi, looking to enroll people in Obamacare by March 31 deadline.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Princess Health andHumana Inc. bus travels the rural roads of Mississippi, looking to enroll people in Obamacare by March 31 deadline.Princessiccia

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Insurance providers have been scared off by Mississippi, one of the poorest and...

Princess Health and UK Board of Trustees OKs $31 million plan to outfit another floor of new hospital with eye toward federal certification for heart work.Princessiccia

Princess Health and UK Board of Trustees OKs $31 million plan to outfit another floor of new hospital with eye toward federal certification for heart work.Princessiccia

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The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has given UK HealthCare the green light...

Princess Health and State officials tell health-care providers to meet with managed-care companies to get paid, say new system is improving health.Princessiccia

Princess Health and State officials tell health-care providers to meet with managed-care companies to get paid, say new system is improving health.Princessiccia

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By Molly Burchett and Al CrossKentucky Health NewsAt the latest in a series of forums on...

Princess Health and Health insurers could exclude one in four Americans from coverage because they don't have bank accounts .Princessiccia

Princess Health and Health insurers could exclude one in four Americans from coverage because they don't have bank accounts .Princessiccia

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By Molly BurchettKentucky Health NewsFederal Deposit Insurance Corp. graphicA new...

Princess Health and Poll shows more than half of Ky. adults have no dental insurance and many go without essential dental care.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Poll shows more than half of Ky. adults have no dental insurance and many go without essential dental care.Princessiccia

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Routine dental care is essential to overall health, but a new poll shows 1.7 million...

Princess Health and Business leaders discuss possibility of expanding Medicaid through private insurance.Princessiccia

Princess Health and Business leaders discuss possibility of expanding Medicaid through private insurance.Princessiccia

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By Molly BurchettKentucky Health NewsSome Kentucky business leaders are discussing...