By Muhammad Lukman Monday, May 15, 2017 dentistry health health care health care costs health insurance oral health poverty rural health rural-urban disparities Rich-poor divide grows in oral health; Ky. ranks 2nd in seniors with no natural teeth; what's your county's toothless rate? The rich-poor divide is causing many impoverished rural residents to forgo oral health care, or resort to having teeth pulled rather than pa...
By Muhammad Lukman Monday, May 8, 2017 Drugs health health care journalism journalism education journalism training prescription drug rural journalism rural-urban disparities Free journalism workshop will be held June 9 in Cincinnati on covering health care and health in rural America The Association of Health Care Journalists is hosting a free workshop on covering rural health on June 9 in Cincinnati. The keynote speake...
By Muhammad Lukman Tuesday, April 25, 2017 Congress health insurance insurance Medicaid obamacare politics rural health rural-urban disparities Rep. Yarmuth tells health advocates how to fix ACA: restore and maintain subsidies, offer public option to help small, rural counties Dustin Pugel and Rep. Yarmuth at the meeting (AARP Ky. photo) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Congress needs to maintain subsidies...
By Muhammad Lukman Friday, March 3, 2017 Affordable Care Act federal government federal legislation health care reform health insurance Medicaid obamacare Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act rural-urban disparities House health-care draft suggests a plan that could leave rural areas short of coverage A 100-page draft of a House Republican plan to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act suggests that rural, middle-class Ameri...