Month: December 2018
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Deadline to sign up for health insurance on Healthcare.gov is Dec. 15, but most who qualify didn’t know that last month
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With just two weeks left to sign up for federally subsidized health insurance for 2019, time is running out. The deadline for open enrollment...
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Among the 50 states, Kentucky, which is 26th in population, ranked fourth in the death rate from drug overdoses in 2017
Kentucky had the fourth highest rate of drug overdoses among the states in 2017, fifth when the District of Columbia is added to the list, according to a new report from the...
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‘It’s not about losing coverage, it’s about having fewer members enrolled in Medicaid,’ state health secretary says of new plan
Health Secretary Adam Meier and Deputy Health Secretary Kristi Putnam speaking about the state’s new Medicaid plan, Kentucky HEALTH — By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The administration of Gov....