Adair County Hospital District files Chapter 9 bankruptcy

Modish a move perhaps unparalleled in Kentucky, the Adair County Hospital District has voted to funnel in support of protection under Chapter 9 of the federal liquidation code, the same phase used by bankrupt cities such as Detroit.

Effort for kids' dental health in Clark, started by volunteers and continued by health department with tax, earns national award

"A similarity effort to fight tooth decay in children in Clark County has been named a archetype in support of the population," veteran journalist Al Smith reports in an op-ed in support of the Lexington Herald-Leader. The Clark County Dental Health Initiative expected the determination in support of archetype practice keep up month by the side of the yearly consultation of the National Association of City and County Health Officials, and the province vigor board recently raised taxes to recompense in support of it.

State health-insurance exchange plans to make smokers pay 40 percent more for coverage; varied interests, observers object

Supporters of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act allow touted its goal to provide vigor insurance to all Americans lacking discrimination, such as prohibiting insurers from denying coverage due to pre-existing conditions. But it allows them to charge smokers more in support of it, and the officials running Kentucky's health-insurance swap over plot to act precisely so as to.