By Muhammad Lukman Wednesday, May 10, 2017 conferences dental care dental health oral health public health research The state is updating its oral health plan and is asking for help; you must register to participate in May 31-June 1 meeting KET photo By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky...
By Muhammad Lukman Sunday, April 23, 2017 dental care dentistry health insurance Medicaid obamacare optometry Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act vision vision care working poor Proposed changes in Medicaid, especially making beneficiaries earn dental and vision benefits, alarm them and health advocates Family Health Centers in Louisville built a dental clinic after Medicaid expanded; under proposed changes people in the expansion would have...
By Muhammad Lukman Wednesday, March 22, 2017 dental care dental health dentistry dentists health reform insurance obamacare oral health Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The divide between dentistry and medicine can have deadly consequences; policymakers are getting more interested (Photo from ancienthistorybulletin.ca ) As anyone who has ever mistakenly thought that medical insurance would cover their visit to the dent...
By Muhammad Lukman Thursday, February 16, 2017 breast screening cancer screening colorectal cancer dental care diabetes hepatitis c Medicaid obamacare Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act poverty About 3/4 of the Kentuckians getting free exams and screenings via Medicaid are covered by its expansion, study finds More than three-fourths of the Kentuckians who got free medical screenings through Medicaid last summer were covered by the expansion of the...