Thursday, May 17
By Dr. Peter Hasselbacher, Kentucky Health Policy Institute In an earlier post, I urged readers to make their opinions known to Metro Louisville leadership about the University of Louisville’s request to maintain the status quo as to how public money for indigent care – the QCCT funds – is funneled through U of L. In that [...]
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The transitional periods in American society are always the toughest. Agrarian to industrial. Segregated to integrated. The ongoing tumult as we move to a convergent digital media society from an analog/print model. Everyone knows the conventional media are dying, shedding journalists left and right. Digital information delivery is growing, but we haven’t reached the revenue [...]
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There has been an abundance of talk lately about retail development here, with some residents (the minority) turning sour on dirty flea markets and knick-knack shops. Others (the majority) are perfectly satisfied with their options, although they say they would like a “nice place to eat” on Dixie Highway.
You know, a place to cool the heels after a tough day sifting through yard sale items at an abandoned Kroger store.
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(Editor’s note: This opinion piece was first posted on Kentucky Health Policy Institute website and is used here with permission.) By Dr. Peter Hasselbacher, KHPI I received a copy of a message University of Louisville President Dr. James Ramsey sent out this week to a star-studded list of politically connected board members, university executives, and [...]
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In a state rife with systemic corruption, Richie Farmer is the best Adam Edelen can do? I’ll give credit to Edelen, our pretty boy/ intellectually challenged aspiring gubernatorial candidate: He picked the right patsy on which to build his campaign cred. The Richie Farmer saga is a uniquely Kentucky story. Farmer was a star basketball player from [...]
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(Editor’s note: This piece was originally posted on the Kentucky Health Policy Institute website. It is reposted here with permission.) By Dr. Peter Hasselbacher, Kentucky Health Policy Institute Insider Louisville has been out front in reporting on the emerging lawsuits by at least one major Medicaid provider against at least two Medicaid MCOs that are handling Medicaid [...]
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This is Louisville’s week. The week before the Kentucky Derby, when everybody here is just a little smarter, cuter and happier than most other times of the year. Kind of like what happens when you’re having several drinks under the enhancing glow of neon light. Anyway, I love my hometown. And, I’m proud when it [...]
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Curtis Morrison investigates: American Legislative Exchange Council owns Kentucky legislature
Until Trayvon Martin was killed, the American Legislative Exchange Council was just another corporately funded covert partisan group, quietly and covertly trying to reshape America state by state from within through the legislative process. Though ALEC, based in Washington, DC, is conservative, there are liberal counterparts. All try to fly below the radar as they [...]
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