Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Beshear appoints panel to advise him on how to make medical cannabis available; it will meet Monday, June 20, in Frankfort
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear has appointed a committee to advise him on how to provide access to medical cannabis for Kentuckians suffering from chronic pain...
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Ky. health-system performance ranked 41st, Covid-19 response 49th; highest hospitalization rate, relatively low vaccination rate
Chart from 2022 Scorecard on State Health System Performance, The Commonwealth Fund —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranks 41st among the states and Washington, D.C. in the...
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Cameron sues state health cabinet, saying it’s failed to implement parts of new anti-abortion law; cabinet calls it a political stunt
Atty. Gen. Daniel Cameron —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron has filed suit against Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration, saying it is failing to implement parts...
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Drug overdose deaths in Kentucky rose nearly 15% last year; fentanyl involved in 73% of deaths, methamphetamine in 48%
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Drug-overdose deaths in Kentucky rose 14.6 percent in Kentucky in 2021, according to the state’s annual report released Monday. “The drug epidemic is not a Kentucky...
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Pharmacy benefit managers’ group ranked No. 7 in spending for lobbying the General Assembly, after laying out $53,634 for ads
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The lobbying organization for pharmacy benefit managers, the middlemen between insurance companies and drug manufacturers, spent $86,168 in its successful effort to defeat a...
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Campaign to reduce stigma associated with drug addiction shows promising results; Kentucky program is called ‘Unshame KY’
A campaign to reduce stigma associated with substance-use disorders has shown it can change attitudes and beliefs about people with drug addictions and increase support for harm-reduction strategies. The campaign,...
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CDC estimates that Covid-19 risk level is high in 19 Ky. counties, up from 7 last week; level is medium in 28, up from 21
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The federal government’s coronavirus map for Kentucky shows a higher level of virus transmission and an increased risk of the Covid-19 disease. Nineteen Kentucky...
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All of Kentucky’s Covid-19 metrics rose last week; state has attributed the deaths of more than 16,000 Kentuckians to the virus
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All of the metrics to measure the coronavirus in Kentucky crept up in the last week, and the state passed the mark of 16,000...
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Commission, executive director named to award grants from state’s half of $483 million opioid settlement; local governments will get the other half
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron has appointed the 11 people who will oversee the state’s half of the $483 million settlement it reached as part of a national agreement...
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Mothers on WIC program who need formula should call health department; others should call pediatrician, health secretary says
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Kentucky families struggle to find baby formula for their infants and no immediate end in sight, Kentucky lawmakers discussed ways to improve the...