Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Uncle Sam wants you … to help stop health-insurance companies from using misleading tactics to sell Medicare Advantage plans
By Susan Jaffe KFF Health News After an unprecedented crackdown on misleading advertising claims by insurers selling private Medicare Advantage and drug plans, the Biden administration hopes to unleash a...
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UK students planning medical careers start student organization to steer rural students into college and health-care opportunities
By Adrienne Clarke University of Kentucky Jackson Miller and Ethan Morgan, former Marshall County High School classmates and now best friends and roommates at the University of Kentucky Lewis Honors...
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Kentucky Hospital Association says its annual survey shows state continues to have an ‘acute shortage’ of health care workers
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Hospital Association‘s annual Workforce Survey Report says Kentucky suffers from an “acute shortage” of health care workers, with nearly 13,000 job vacancies in hospitals...
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Emergency-room visits for respiratory illness in Kentucky went up for the sixth week in a row, as hospitalizations saw a slight dip
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As we head into the full swing of the holiday season and people start to gather indoors to celebrate while taking fewer precautions to...
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Bardstown woman who needs a kidney transplant testifies in Congress to change transplant policy; bill passes
A Bardstown woman waiting on a kidney transplant shared her story with Congress and asked them to support legislation that would allow more than one organization to manage the country’s...
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Lost in the mix of ‘unwinding’ Medicaid to its normal procedures: The state can cut off your health care over a technical error
By Rachana Pradhan KFF Health News The day her Medicaid coverage ended, Beverly Likens was in the hospital after a scary trip to the emergency room. The resident of Martin,...
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UK doctor debunks myths about lung-cancer screening, which can find cancer before it spreads or causes symptoms, and save lives
By Dr. Timothy Mullett University of Kentucky Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., claiming more lives than prostate cancer, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer...
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Legislators expect to address youth vaping, maternal mortality, insurance issues and maybe abortion in upcoming session
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News State legislators expect to address youth vaping, workplace violence, data collection, maternal mortality, and prior insurance authorization for medical procedures during the legislative session...
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Kids Count County Data Book looks at the well-being of state’s children, county by county, and has some ‘warning signs’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The 2023 Kentucky Kids Count County Data Book, which looks at the well-being of children in each county, serves as a guidepost for how...
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Ky. kindergartners’ vaccination rates rose last year, but remained below the national average and were short of ‘herd immunity’ level
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News More Kentucky children are getting their basic vaccinations, after three years of decline, but the state remains below the national average, and below the...