Category: HEALTH POLICY
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91% of Kentucky’s school districts are now tobacco-free; foundation expects that the other 9% will soon follow
Districts in white are not tobacco-free. For a larger map, click on it. —– Only 15 of Kentucky’s 172 school districts, or 8.7 percent, have not passed a tobacco-free policy...
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Study finds almost all who would be affected by Ky. Medicaid work rules are already meeting them, many more than in earlier study
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News If the courts allow Kentucky to put work and community engagement requirements in its Medicaid program, only 3 percent of the program’s beneficiaries would...
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October is Farm to School Month, prompting observations across the state, with emphasis on local food in many schools
School districts throughout Kentucky will hold special events throughout October to celebrate Farm to School Month. “Farm to School helps Kentucky students get access to fresh, nutritious local foods that...
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Louisville campaign works to decrease high suicide rate among LGBTQ+ youth; focuses on importance of parental support
A new campaign in Louisville is working to decrease the high suicide rate among high school students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning by emphasizing the importance...
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Rural hospitals, already cut by Medicare, are about to get their Medicaid payments reduced, too; here’s a partial Kentucky list
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Hospitals in Kentucky and across the nation are getting a reprieve, maybe a short one, from a new formula cutting the money the...
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Bevin wants ‘inaccurate and defamatory’ Democratic ad taken down; Frankfort paper finds it lacks context, but isn’t baseless
Gov. Matt Bevin has asked TV stations to take down what his campaign calls a “factually inaccurate and defamatory” commercial that says Bevin has tried to take health care away...
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Schuster wins top health policy advocacy award for more than 40 years of work in mental health; calls for an end to stigma around it
Left to right: Mark Carter, Sheila Schuster, Ben Chandler, LeChrista Finn —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Sheila Schuster, who has spent more than four decades advocating for those...
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Ben Chandler awarded Kentucky Medical Association’s advocacy award for his work on flu prevention and tobacco-free efforts
(L-R) Dr. Bruce Scott and Ben Chandler (Kentucky Medical Association photo) —– The Kentucky Medical Association awarded Ben Chandler, president and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, with its advocacy award...
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Founding dean of UK College of Public Health, Dr. Douglas Scutchfield, wins top award from American Public Health Assn.
Dr. F. Douglas Scutchfield, a retired public-health professor at the University of Kentucky, is the recipient of this year’s top award from the American Public Health Association. Scutchfield, a native of Wheelwright...
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After VA fired him for ‘egregious’ misconduct, doctor was hired to run the state infectious-disease branch, and held job for 6 months
Dr. John “Mel” Bennett at the health department. (State photo) —– Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration hired a physician to lead the state infectious-disease office soon after he had been dismissed by...