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Health Matters Radio Show
Health Matters Radio Show
Health Matters Radio Show

With sweeping election changes, Health Matters has been asked, “how will we replace the Affordable Care Act”? With major insurers leaving the health exchanges in droves, premium rates rising in double digits, and large numbers of healthy people forgoing health insurance for financial reasons, the ACA was in serious trouble anyway. More importantly, how can we make any insurance system affordable? Obviously we don’t know, but we can talk about it. Also sections on taxing sugar-sweetened beverages, next steps on marijuana, and the future of mind-controlled robots.

Tip: for people at average risk, colon cancer screening starts at age 50 and goes through age 75 or greater, depending on your health. Health Matters still recommends colonoscopy for colon cancer screening, but we acknowledge that there are no good studies comparing various screening tests.

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Berkely's soda tax works

Robots may help people with spinal cord injuries be productive and be socially connected

The importance of monitoring marijuana use. Page 2 emphasizes the importance of protecting children.

 

Greg Jenkins has been the Operations Director at MSPR since 1999. Greg is a 1996 graduate of Morehead State University with a BME in Music Education and received a Masters of Science in Industrial Technology in 2008. Greg oversees training, scheduling, and evaluation of the student board operator staff, preparation of the daily traffic logs and serves as weekday classical music host. He is also the webmaster of the MSPR website and maintains MSPR's webstreaming and podcasting.