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KMA Announces 2019 Legislative Priorities

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The Kentucky Medical Association (KMA) has been busy preparing for the 2019 legislative session. Our advocacy team worked with members

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Letter from the Publisher

Health Is a Personal Choice, a Freedom, and a Responsibility

May 1, 2015 Gil Dunn Bensema, cessation program, Deborah Ballard, digital version of MD-UPDATE, Dr. David Bensema, featured physician, Gil Dunn, governor 's program, health obstetrics, hospital group, insurer, internal medicine specialist, Kentucky, Kentucky 's colon cancer screen, KentuckyOne, KentuckyOne health, KMA president, kyhealthnow, MD-UPDATE, MD-UPDATE Reader, MD-UPDATE Reader survey card, Owensboro health, personal choice, prescription drug abuse, smoke cessation program, stakeholder need, stakeholders need, supported cancer screen, Suzanne Rashidian, uglies, unnecessary roadblock

When reading through the proofs of this issue of MD-UPDATE, I was drawn to two quotes by our featured physicians.

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