Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Map estimates how ready your county is to help with recovery
By Liz Carey The Daily Yonder When officials in Vine Grove put out a vending machine filled with free opioid-overdose reversal medication, they expected people in the 7,000-person strong community...
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Voters reject attempt to keep Ky. courts from finding a right to abortion in state constitution; Supreme Court hearing next week
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky courts will still be able to find a right to abortion in the state constitution, following voters’ rejection of a proposed constitutional amendment...
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State’s opioid-settlement money should be used for housing and transportation, other needs, speakers tell commission
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More than 100 people attended the fifth town hall of the Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission to suggest how to spend the state’s $478 million...
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Health officials in counties with high and low Covid-19 death rates point to vaccination rates, residents’ underlying health status
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Health officials from Kentucky counties with some of the state’s highest and lowest Covid-19 death rates both cited vaccination rates as a contributor, but...
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Nurse practitioners’ drug-prescribing power was expanded in Covid-19 emergency; they’re still trying to make it permanent
Kentucky law requires advanced practice registered nurses to have a collaborative agreement with a medical doctor to prescribe controlled substances. It’s a requirement that they have worked for years to...
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Don’t forget to turn your clock back one hour Nov. 5-6; sleep experts say standard time is the better one for health and safety
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News It’s almost time to “fall back” one hour into standard time, which sleep specialists say is better for our health because it more closely...
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Enrollment for subsidized health insurance begins Nov. 1 on Kynect; ‘family glitch’ fix makes plans available to many more
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Open enrollment for federally subsidized health insurance plans starts Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 15, for coverage that begins Jan. 1. Kentuckians can...
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Half of Kentuckians on Medicare now have Advantage plans, but such plans have smaller networks and marketing issues
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With open enrollment for Medicare plans up and running, it’s important that seniors pay close attention to what each type of Medicare plan offers...
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Beshear announces initiative that will expand Medicaid dental, vision and hearing benefits for more than 900,000 Ky. adults
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Pitching it as a way to expand the state’s workforce, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday the expansion of dental, vision and hearing benefits for...
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Covid-19 booster rates in nursing homes lag, especially among staff, and especially in Ky., where rate is among nation’s lowest
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Covid-19 booster rates lag in both nursing-home residents and staff, but especially among the staff. A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis found that while over 85% of...