Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Beshear says Ky. is ‘pretty safe’ from Covid-19 and he expects ‘room for at least some executive order’ for medical marijuana
State chart, adapted by Ky. Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the state heads into Kentucky Derby weekend, Gov. Andy Beshear said all the metrics to...
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Study: Ky. non-profit hospitals get more in tax exemptions than they give in community benefit; hospitals dispute methodology
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News A first-of-its-kind report argues that all of the nonprofit hospital systems in Kentucky are spending less on community investments and charity...
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The Courier Journal reports on illegal abortions in Ky. before Roe v. Wade and asks, ‘Will history repeat itself?’
Headlines on 1939 undercover C-J investigation that found abortion was commonplace in Louisville —– As the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to abolish the right to an abortion, Andrew Wolfson...
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‘Trigger law’ would end legal abortion in Kentucky if Supreme Court overturns its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, as leaked
Screenshot of image of Scribd document from Politico —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News If a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that would overturn the court’s 1973 Roe...
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Paul says if he’s re-elected and in the majority, he will subpoena Fauci’s records and ‘get to the bottom of the origins of this virus’
Paul at rally in state House Speaker David Osborne’s barn (Lexington Herald-Leader photo by Austin Horn) —– U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, seeking a third six-year term, “promised Saturday to wage a...
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‘Misinformation is now our leading cause of death,’ FDA boss says
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D., speaks with an attendee at the event. (AHCJ photo by Paola Rodriguez) —– Newly confirmed Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf says “the issue that keeps him...
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CDC says certain people in Bourbon, Henderson, Nicholas and Union counties should mask up in indoor public spaces
CDC map shows Union, Henderson, Bourbon and Nicholas counties with a medium level of Covid-19. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Four Kentucky counties are back in yellow on...
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OPINION: Insurers say killing bill hospitals, pharmacists backed against pharmacy benefit managers saved Kentuckians money
Tom Stephens —– By Tom Stephens Executive Director, Kentucky Association of Health Care Plans Pocketbook issues were front and center in this most recent session of the Kentucky General Assembly...
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First phase of $87 million HEALing Communities Study to address opioid epidemic has touched thousands of Kentuckians
UK’s Sharon Walsh, Carrie Oser and Amanda Fallin-Bennett, along with the Clark County Health Department’s Jennifer Gulley (second from left) presented an update on community engagement in UK’s HEALing grant at...
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Beshear says he is looking at ways to bring medical marijuana to Ky. by executive action, while seeking public’s opinion on topic
Business Insider map provided by Beshear’s office, adapted by Ky. Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After a bill to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky failed again...