Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Bill would require insurers to cover biomarker testing for cancer; expensive screening tool is ‘cutting edge,’ says sponsor
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern A bill filed Tuesday would require health benefit plans in Kentucky to cover biomarker testing for cancer, with the goal of improving the state’s dismal...
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4 community mental health centers in 35 counties to consolidate
Four nonprofit mental-health agencies in Kentucky are creating a new partnership that they say will help them improve clinical programs and alliances and protect the safety-net services in rural communities....
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Cameron is among 20 Republican attorneys general warning CVS and Walgreens that mail-order abortion pills are unlawful
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron joined a coalition of 20 Republican attorneys general in sending a letter to Walgreens and CVS saying their plans to...
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Delta-8 THC, mildly less potent than marijuana’s delta-9, is legal in Ky. but has risks and new rules; could face further regulation
Kentucky Health News “While politicians debate whether to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky, a lesser-known product that gets people similarly high is flourishing in the state. And it’s already legal,”...
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Fewer Kentuckians enrolled in federally subsidized health plans for 2023, likely because many of them could remain on Medicaid
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fewer Kentuckians signed up for a government-subsidized health plan on Kynect, the state-based marketplace, in 2023 than in the previous two years, likely because...
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Beshear says ‘it’s time’ to end U.S. Covid emergency, set May 11, but notes expiring programs; estimated 260,000 to lose Medicaid
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear agreed with President Biden’s decision to end the Covid-19 public health emergency on May 11, a decision that will bring an...
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Most Ky. counties still have low Covid-19 risk, but number of high-risk counties rose last week and new-case rate is first in nation
This story has been updated. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health NewsWhile most Kentucky counties continue to have a low risk from Covid-19, the number of counties with a high risk...
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KET panel discusses bill to legalize medical cannabis in Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Proponents and opponents of a bill to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky were on KET‘s Jan. 30 edition of “Kentucky Tonight,” with proponents saying...
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Norton Healthcare makes more families eligible for financial aid
Norton Healthcare, which has five hospitals in Louisville and is building another, it making more families eligible for its financial assistance program, raising the income limit from 300% of the...
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Feds let health insurers that overcharged for Medicare Advantage plans keep the hundreds of millions in excess profits from 2011-17
By Fred Schulte Kaiser Health News Health-insurance companies that sell Medicare Advantage to seniors dodged a major financial bullet Monday, as federal officials gave them a reprieve for returning hundreds...