Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Senate bill to address surprise medical billing now in House
By Jim Hannah Legislative Research Commission FRANKFORT, Ky. – Legislation to offer patients some protection from surprise medical bills passed the state Senate Friday. “There are many factors that contribute...
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Opioid epidemic keeps shadowing Ky. policy, as Senate removes opioids from list of drugs physician assistants could prescribe
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A House bill to let physician assistants prescribe some highly regulated drugs is moving through the Senate, but without application to some highly addictive...
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Beshear urges employers who don’t offer paid sick leave to do so, to keep sick workers at home and prevent spread of coronavirus
Gov. Andy Beshear (Lexington Herald-Leader photo) —– Gov. Andy Beshear wants Kentucky employers who don’t allow paid sick leave to change that policy, to prevent spread of the coronavirus. “We have...
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Live forum about coronavirus on KET Tuesday night
With the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus around the world, the United States declared a public health emergency at the end of January, and the number of confirmed cases in...
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Committee approves doctors’ bill to regulate lawyers’ ads aimed at soliciting clients who take certain prescription drugs
Sen. Ralph Alvarado explained SB 178 to the Economic Development, Tourism and Labor Committee. (LRC photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to regulate plaintiff-lawyer commercials that solicit...
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Is the coronavirus Covid-19 a pandemic? It looks like one, and health officials across the world are treating it like one
By Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post Officials have been slow to use the “P” word to refer to the spread of coronavirus. Yes, that word: “Pandemic.” . . ....
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Risk of Americans getting the new coronavirus (Covid-19) remains low, but a top expert cautions that this is an evolving situation
The new coronavirus, Covid-19 (Centers for Disease Control) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky health officials have been monitoring more than 100 people for the novel coronavirus, all of...
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Is our political system properly serving our public-health system?
The president and vice president watched Dr. Anthony Fauci Feb. 29. (Photo: Andrew Harnik, Associated Press) —– By F. Douglas Scutchfield and Al Cross The new viral disease, Covid-19, began in...
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Legislators repeat myths about flu vaccines, get subtly corrected by a colleague who is a doctor; disease remains a threat in Ky.
Sen. Ralph Alvarado (file photo from LRC Public Information) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With all the people who come through the state Capitol, and all of the handshaking...
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House passes bill to loan money to struggling rural hospitals; funding is still in the works, but sponsor appears confident
Rep. Danny Bentley —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Spurred to action when the hospital in his county said it was closing, state Rep. Danny Bentley...