Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Fewer Ky. teens smoke, but the rate is still high, and new vaping products like the Juul create worry that this trend will reverse
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s high-school students continue to smoke at higher rates than their national counterparts, but the good news is that their rates continue to drop....
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63 percent of Kentucky’s children get their health insurance through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More than 60 percent of American children are enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data. Kentucky’s...
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Federal judge says he will rule in Medicaid lawsuit by June 30; changes are set to start rolling out, county by county, on July 1
After hearing oral arguments Friday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., said he will rule by June 30 whether federal law allows states to require people in Medicaid to work...
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Beshear sues Walgreens, alleging it worsened opioid epidemic by not reporting unusually large drug shipments top Kentucky
Attorney General Andy Beshear is suing Walgreens for “allegedly failing to legally monitor its own operations that shipped and dispensed large quantities of opioids through its more than 70 locations...
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Foundation for a Healthy Ky. will help state keep people covered as Medicaid changes; summit discusses new work requirements
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is partnering with the administration of Gov. Matt Bevin to help low-income Kentuckians keep their...
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In close vote, Louisville sets content rules for children’s menus, citing child obesity; critics say law invades parental responsibility
A food-service business in Louisville will be allowed to offer a children’s menu only if it includes certain types of healthy items, under an ordinance passed by 13 Democrats on...
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Operation UNITE uses comprehensive approach to keep Appalachian kids off drugs; experts say it could be replicated
Preventing kids from falling into addiction is a major goal for Operation UNITE, a nonprofit serving 32 counties in Eastern Kentucky — a region where the average age for first drug...
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Foundation plans to be more active against tobacco, since it’s the cause of so many of Kentucky’s health problems
As more Kentuckians favor a statewide smoking ban but the state legislature won’t even ban smoking at schools, the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky says it may become more active...
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month; advocates honored, Green Dot training program gets national recognition
April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, so the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs held a ceremony in the...
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Kentucky’s last abortion clinic says Bevin is trying to shut it down, gets restraining order
Without even having a hearing, a federal judge has ordered the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services not to close Kentucky’s only remaining abortion clinic.”The order issued Friday by...