Health Watch USA Opinion Editorials

2008-3-HW (PDF) Hospitals Reckless to Leave Floors Short of Nurses- Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington Kentucky, May 28, 2008 Low levels of hospital staff has been reported by nurses and lack of facility cleanliness and responsiveness by patients. Medicare is no longer paying for preventable adverse patient outcomes, Medicaid should follow suit.

2008-2-HW (PDF) The Case for Surveillance for MRSA - Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington Kentucky, March 21, 2008 One could argue that Medicare patient admissions in the State of Kentucky would develop 2,500 hospital acquired infections and at risk of losing between $80,000,000 to $131,000,000 in revenue.

2008-1-HW (PDF) Mandatory Reporting is Needed for MRSA and HAIs - Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington Kentucky, Feb. 4, 2008 HAIs are more common than any other reportable disease and deaths exceed several of the causes listed in the top 10 causes of death in the US vital statistics.

2007-7-HW (PDF) Health Care Crisis Unites Disparate Groups, Interests - Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington Kentucky, Oct. 15, 2007 Problems in Kentucky's health care system are discussed in a statewide conference.

2007-6-HW (PDF) Two Much to Expect From Too Few Nurses - Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington Kentucky, April 16, 2007 Frontline Caregivers get little support in protecting patients.

2007-5-HW (PDF) The CON Steals Jessamine's Health Care Access - Jessamine Journal, Nicholasville Kentucky, April 12, 2007 As long as hospitals exist in Lexington, the CON is preventing Jessamine County from building a hospital.

2007-4-HW (PDF) The Fletcher Administration & Oakwood, a Sordid Affair - Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington Kentucky, Feb 26, 2007 Reason for outrage, scrutiny -- Fletcher aides, donors hurt Oakwood, State.

2007-4-BG (PDF) CON Law Shrinks Health-Cares Iron Triangle - Bluegrass Institute, Kentucky, Jan 8, 2007 The CON fails to lower prices or improve quality or access.

2007-3-HW (PDF) Give Public Info About Health Care Facilities2 - Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington Kentucky Jan 29, 2007 A call to increase the transparency of health care quality.

2007-2-HW (PDF) Medical Tourism or Creative Destruction - Courier Journal Online, Jan 18, 2007 Foreign countries are competing and trying to attract patients from the United States.

2007-1-BG (PDF) Prognosis for Ailing Health Care System Will Improve Only With Competition, Transparency - Bluegrass Institute, Kentucky, Jan 8, 2007 The high cost and low quality of the United States healthcare system

2007-1-HW (PDF) Quality Not Rising With Cost of Health Care - Herald Leader, Lexington KY, Jan 2, 2007 The high cost and low quality of the US healthcare system

2006-8-HW (PDF) Certificate of Need Unneeded - Herald Leader, Lexington KY, November 13, 2006

2006-45-BG (PDF) Eliminate CON, Embrace Competition - Bluegrass Institute, Kentucky, OCT 23, 2006

2006-7-HW (PDF) State Blocking Medical Competition - Herald Leader, Lexington KY, July 31, 2006

2006-6-HW (PDF) Health Care in Crisis: What is Wrong With Frankfort? - Jessamine Journal, Nicholasville KY July 27, 2006

2006-5-HW (PDF) Frankfort Didn't Tell Whole Story on CON Details - Commonwealth Journal, Somerset KY July 5, 2006

2006-4-HW (PDF) Certificate of Monopoly - Courier Journal, Louisville KY, June 22, 2006

2006-3-HW (PDF) Second Hospital Now Out of Reach ? - Commonwealth Journal, Somerset KY, April 26, 2006

2006-2-HW (PDF) Nursing Shortage Argument Doesn't Hold Water - Commonwealth Journal, Somerset KY, January 8, 2006

2006-1-HW (PDF) Kentucky's New Healthcare Plan - Courier Journal, Louisville KY January 3, 2006

2005-3-HW (PDF) Let Consumer Demand Ensure Adequate Nursing Staff - Herald Leader, Lexington KY November 21, 2005

2005-2-HW (PDF) Health Savings Accounts a Possible Solution for the Kentucky Health Care Crisis - Herald Leader, Lexington, KY February 26, 2005

2005-1-HW (PDF) Marriage of Managed Care, Medicaid Can Be Saved - Herald Leader, Lexington, KY January 24, 2005

2004-1-HW (PDF) RX For High Drug Costs - Herald Leader, Lexington, KY October 21, 2004