Category: HEALTH POLICY
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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...
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‘Juul-alikes’ fill niche left when firm stopped selling some flavors; Drug Free Lexington releases videos aimed at e-cig users
New York Times photo by Brittainy Newman —– Pressed by the chief of the Food and Drug Administration last fall, Juul Labs “stopped selling most of its hugely popular flavored nicotine pods in stores...
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FDA proposes new, graphic warnings for cigarette packs and ads
A Food and Drug Administration photo illustration shows three of the 13 proposed warnings. —– The Food and Drug Administration has again published a proposed rule to “require color graphics depicting the...
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Federal grant will let former Gov. Fletcher start treatment and housing for addicts in 101 rural counties in 8 states, 47 in Ky.
Dr. Ernie Fletcher spoke in Owensboro last year about his plan to take the Recovery Kentucky concept beyond Kentucky. (Photo by Alan Warren, Messenger-Inquirer) —– An organization headed by former Kentucky...