Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Senate passes bill to limit Medicare drug costs, keep Obamacare discounts; Ky. senators vote no, citing tax increases, inflation
Kentucky Health News Senate Democrats passed a bill Sunday titled the Inflation Reduction Act, which would allow Medicare to negotiate with drug manufacturers to lower prices, as well as limiting...
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State senator selected for national fellowship on population health
State Sen. Ralph Alvarado —– State Sen. Ralph Alvarado, R-Winchester, is one of 23 fellows from 20 states selected for the 2022-23 class of the Milbank Fellows Program for senior executive-branch and...
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Beshear says current state of Ky. law on abortion is ‘the most extremist in the nation’ because of no rape or incest exceptions
Beshear talks about abortion. (Screenshot from Facebook) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The current state of Kentucky’s law on abortion is “the most extremist in the nation” because it...
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Feds will raise nursing-home payments, not cut them as planned
Nursing homes will get a big increase in payments from Medicare payments instead of the cut that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services originally planned. “In April, CMS proposed cutting Medicare Part A...
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Advocates in recovery call for safe drug-use sites, less strict criminal laws, funding from national opioid settlement
Kungu Njuguna and Amanda Hall —– By Amanda Hall and Kungu Njuguna The rural-urban divide is an issue that has a considerable impact on the politics and policies of Kentucky....
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Judge on state Court of Appeals issues temporary order making almost all abortions in Kentucky illegal again
Judge Larry Thompson —– A judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals has issued an order that, in effect, at least temporarily bans abortions in Kentucky unless needed to save...
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Annual policy forum will focus on role of education in health
Individual and public health are influenced by many things, including the educational characteristics of people and their communities. Education will be the focus of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky’s 2022...
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Abortion is on Ky.’s Nov. 8 ballot in a constitutional amendment, a Supreme Court race and some state legislative elections
Kentucky Health News In just over three months, Kentuckians will have a chance to vote on a constitutional amendment that if passed, would state that there is no constitutional right...
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Beshear calls for use of masks at indoor events and in schools, more Covid-19 shots as CDC sees all counties at elevated risk
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– Kentucky still has 80 of its 120 counties are at the highest risk level for Covid-19, and the state no longer has...
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State rural-health office will get $299,999 a year for the next three years to help veterans get care; one of three such grants in U.S.
The Kentucky Office of Rural Health is one of three organizations in the U.S. to receive a three-year, nearly $900,000 grant from the federal Office of Rural Health Policy to improve access to health...