Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Bill would let health professionals refuse treatment that violates their conscience; critics say it would put discrimination into law
Sen. Stephen Meredith —– A bill to allow health-care professionals to refuse to provide treatment that violates their conscience is nearing a floor vote in the state Senate. Senate Bill...
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House passes public-assistance bill with plan for temporary health coverage for people who earn too much to stay on Medicaid
House Speaker Pro Tem David Meade presents House Bill 1. (LRC photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill aimed at moving Kentuckians off public assistance includes several health-related...
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Bill to stop ‘shenanigans’ of Medicaid drug middlemen moves unanimously to House; sponsor says bill is first of its kind in U.S.
Sen. Max Wise presents Senate Bill 50 Photo by LRC Public Information —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — A bill to address payment issues between middlemen known...
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Children need 14 doctor visits before age 6, but preschoolers are increasingly not covered by insurance, especially in Kentucky
Kentucky Health News In 2018, the number of Kentucky pre-schoolers without health insurance was about half again as large as the number had been in 2016, and that was one...
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House passes medical-marijuana bill, 65-30, after specifying illnesses for its use; Senate passage remains much in doubt
Photo illustration from MedicalMarijuana.com —– Kentucky would be the 34th state to make marijuana legal for medicinal purposes, under a bill the state House passed Thursday by a vote of...
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KET to air ‘Undiagnosed: The Diabetes Epidemic’ followed by a panel discussion about the disease on Monday, Feb. 24
Part of an infographic from a 2019 state report. —– Nearly half of Kentucky adults have diabetes or pre-diabetes — and many of them don’t know they have it. To...
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New federal policy means fewer life-saving liver transplants in Ky., say top medical officials at major universities, who are fighting it
University of Michigan illustration —– By Mark Newman, Tom Miller and Kelly McMasters A rushed proposal that became federal policy across the country this month will increase the cost and...
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Bills to help health departments with pensions pass House; some counties will have to increase their public-health taxes
Rep. DuPlessis explains HB 171. (LRC Public Information photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two bills that were presented as part of a “three-phase approach” to create a sustainable...
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As state works to secure Medicaid managed-care contracts, Senate passes bill to only allow three of them, down from five
Sen. Stephen Meredith presents SB 30 to limit Medicaid managed-care contracts to three. (Photo from Legislative Public Information Office) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Only three...
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Medical marijuana bill expected to pass House; Senate uncertain
Reps. Jason Nemes and John Sims Jr. presented the medical marijuana bill, HB 136, in the House Judiciary Committee. (Photo from Legislative Public Information Office) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health...