Category: HEALTH POLICY
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State health officials ask health-care providers to report cases of any lung problems related to e-cigarettes; they plan to investigate
State health officials will be working closely with health-care providers, local health departments and federal health officials to gather information and investigate any cases of severe pulmonary disease related to...
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86 percent of Kentucky’s school districts have already adopted tobacco-free polices, ahead of state law with opt-out provision
Only 24 of Kentucky’s 172 school districts, or 14 percent, have not passed a tobacco-free policy that mirrors a new state law that will take effect next July 1, according...
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After 2018 tax hike, cigarette sales in Ky. dropped 10%, more than the national decline; bill would tax e-cigs, sales of which are rising
The tax hike made cigarettes noticeably more expensive in Kentucky than in Indiana and Tennessee, and narrowed price differentials with Ohio and West Virginia; that may have reduced Kentucky sales....
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Skyrocketing cost of insulin examined by legislative committee and research showing cost makes patients ration the hormone
Advocates called on state lawmakers to find a way to make insulin more affordable, with several of them telling an all-too-common story of how they must ration their supplies because...
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State approves lower overall rates and expanded area for one Obamacare insurer, lowers rate-hike request of the other one
Insurance Department maps, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click on either for a larger version. —– Federally subsidized health insurance in Kentucky next year will cost more or less than...
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Tobacco-free-schools law for 2020 prompts 57 more districts to adopt policy, making a strong majority; newbies can get free signs
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — A statewide smoking ban in Kentucky schools is still almost a year away, but passage of it appears to have prompted...
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UK Extension Service teaches life skills such as nutrition in drug-treatment facilities; 10 counties have grants for gardens
Freeman discusses ways clients and families can eat healthier. (Photo by Steve Patton, UK Agricultural Communications) —– By Katie Pratt University of Kentucky CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — Program assistants and agents with...
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Health foundation offers four new public service announcements about dangers of teen e-cig use; offers them free to anyone
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has released four new public service announcements to show the dangers of using e-cigarettes for youth. The announcements are part of the foundation’s “I Just Didn’t...
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State denies Planned Parenthood abortion-clinic permit
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration has denied an abortion-clinic license to Planned Parenthood in Louisville, saying it performed abortions without proper authorization from the previous administration, as Democrat Steve Beshear was leaving...
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Rural hospitals are likely to be hurt by limit on payments to those with large shares of Medicaid and uninsured patients
Many if not most rural hospitals are likely to take a hit from an Aug. 13 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. “Hospitals...