Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Maternal deaths up in Ky., U.S., especially among Blacks; state’s rate is sixth in nation; drug and substance abuse are big factors
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Pregnancy-related deaths continue to be on the rise across the nation, going up nearly 40 percent between 2020 and 2021, according to the Centers for...
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Medicare Advantage TV ads and other marketing will have to follow new rules aimed at stopping deception of beneficiaries
Kentucky Health News Those incessant ads and phone calls about Medicare, and other marketing devices that the federal government considers deceptive, are about to get makeovers. At least that’s what...
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Legislature nixes Beshear’s expansion of Medicaid dental, hearing and vision benefits; dentists’ lobby says it took no stand on the bill
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Republican-controlled General Assembly stood by its repeal of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s expansion of dental, hearing and vision benefits for 900,000 Kentucky adults...
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Bill to legalize medical marijuana for some in 2025 becomes law
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After years of failed attempts, on the last day of the 2023 legislative session legislators passed a bill to legalize medical marijuana for people...
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Fentanyl test strips will no longer be drug paraphernalia under law
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Fentanyl test strips will no longer be considered drug paraphernalia in Kentucky. Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday signed a bipartisan bill decriminalizing fentanyl test strips...
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Guthrie, new chair of House health subcommittee, calls for more price transparency by pharmacy benefit managers and hospitals
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie of Bowling Green is playing a priominent role as Congress investigates the role of pharmacy benefit managers in the growing...
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Appalachian Nursing Academy for high school juniors and seniors in Appalachian counties extends application deadline to April 15
The Appalachian Nursing Academy, for high school students in Appalachia who are wondering if they would like to pursue a career in health care, has extended its application deadline to...
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Mostly along partisan lines, legislature overrides governor’s veto of bill that would ban gender-affirming care to minors in Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Republicans in the Kentucky House and Senate voted Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of Senate Bill 150, which bans gender-affirming care...
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Legislature takes away Medicaid dental, vision and hearing benefits Beshear granted; he indicates he will do it another way
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In October, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear announced the expansion of dental, vision and hearing benefits for 900,000 Kentucky adults on Medicaid. On March 16,...
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Opinon: Gender dysphoria may have a basis in human biology
By Kimberly Kennedy Most of us witnessed with horror the passage of anti-transgender bill SB150 by legislators who ignored overwhelming opposition. Since Gov. Andy Beshear is expected to veto it,...