http://kyvoicesforhealth.com/ Kentucky Voices for Health Online Blog en-us Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:37:00 -0500 Copyright: (C) 2010 Kentucky Voices for Health Posted by Amy Barkley, Director Tobacco States and Mid-Atlantic Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids As you’ve read in this space before, public health and medical authorities agree that disease prevention is an absolutely critical component of health care reform. As Congress negotiates a final health care reform bill, our elected leaders should seize this unprecedented opportunity to invest in proven measures that prevent costly diseases from occurring in the first place to both improve h... Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:37:00 -0500 http://kyvoicesforhealth.com/blog/makingpreventionapriority-18.html Posted by Gil Friedell, M.D. Friedell Committee for Health Transformation We began a discussion in an earlier blog of the roles of responsibility, accountability and authority in the health system. At this point, however, before proceeding further, it would be well to pause and define “health system” as we will use the term in these blogs.. This is particularly apropos now when ‘health system reform” is the major topic of concern in Washington and elsewhere in the country, In those d... Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:34:00 -0500 http://kyvoicesforhealth.com/blog/definitionanddisscussionofhealthsystem-17.html Posted by Amy Barkley, Director Tobacco States and Mid-Atlantic Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids The House could debate health care reform legislation on the floor as early as this week, with a final vote on a bill likely before Veterans’ Day next week. Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate is still finalizing a bill that should go to the floor for debate later in the month or early December. A critical component of health care reform is disease prevention. It's often said that the American h... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:22:00 -0500 http://kyvoicesforhealth.com/blog/healthreformandtobaccoprevention-16.html Posted by Gil Friedell, M.D. Friedell Committee for Health Transformation Citizens of Kentucky — and of the United States — have a lot riding on the current national debate about health care reform, and our representatives and senators need to hear from us. The health of individual Kentuckians and of our communities will depend on the action taken by them in the few next weeks and months. Kentuckians have agreed, according to surveys, that we are dissatisfied with our current fra... Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:46:00 -0500 http://kyvoicesforhealth.com/blog/timetoweighinonhealthreform-15.html Reverend Merry Jones, Event Coordinator Kentucky Council of Churches Faithful Reform in Health Care A faith-inspired movement is happening around the nation to lift up the priority for health care reform. Locally, an Interfaith Candlelight Prayer Service for Hope and Health Care Reform is being planned for the Lexington-Central Kentucky area. Details: Sunday, August 30, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. at Central Baptist Church, 110 Wilson Downing Rd. at corner of Nicholasville Rd. across from Fay... Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:13:00 -0500 http://kyvoicesforhealth.com/blog/interfaithcandlelightprayerserviceforhopeandhealth-14.html