Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Biden reopens marketplace for subsidized health insurance under Affordable Care Act, from Feb. 15 to May 15, citing pandemic
President Biden is reopening enrollment for federally subsidized health insurance policies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for three months, giving Kentuckians another chance to get help from...
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Coronavirus cases and positivity rates are trending down, but Beshear says risk remains high, especially with new variant in Ky.
Kentucky Department for Public Health graphic; URL leads to list of testing sites —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While numbers of new coronavirus cases and percentage of Kentuckians testing...
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CDC study suggests that with proper mitigation, kids can go back to school, but schools have often been accused of noncompliance
Illustration by Hannah Brown, Kaiser Health News, Kaiser Family Foundation —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A new study shows that rural schools holding in-person classes with heavy masking,...
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Beshear says Biden sending Ky. 17% more vaccine and feds will give 3 weeks notice of supply; Ky. finds cases of U.K. variant
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The federal government will be increasing Kentucky’s supply of Covid-19 vaccines by 17 percent, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Tuesday. He had asked the new...
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Beshear says Ky. will be fastest state at getting teachers and school staff widely vaccinated, but many are refusing shots
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In an effort to return children...
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35 more Covid-19 deaths make January deadliest month of the pandemic in Ky., with a week left; positive-test rate keeps falling
Ky. Dept. for Public Health chart, with type added by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic in Kentucky remained on...
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Covid-19 death rates in Kentucky keep accelerating, and now the average of new virus cases goes up, too, after 10 days of decline
Kentucky Health News chart; dates are those deaths are recorded after cases are reviewed. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News For several days, trends of the pandemic in Kentucky...
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After big cut in state tobacco-prevention and -cessation funds, Ky. drops a spot to 39th in such funding among the states
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranks 39th among states in funding tobacco prevention and cessation programs, moving down one slot from last year’s ranking of 38th, according to a...
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All metrics used to measure coronavirus impact in Ky. go down, except death trends; Beshear attributes improvements to masks
Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, Britainy Beshear, Gov. Andy Beshear and soloist Keith Dean with 3,301 American flags on the back lawn of the Capitol, one for each Covid-19 victim. (State photo)...
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Beshear allows ‘born alive’ bill to become law without his signature; it’s the first anti-abortion bill he has not vetoed
Gov. Andy Beshear has allowed to become law without his signature an anti-abortion bill that the legislature would have enacted anyway if he had vetoed it, and that critics say...