Category: HEALTH POLICY
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State Senate weakens bill to curb underage vaping and sends it to the House with just days left in the legislative session
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill set up a regulatory framework to curb underage vaping passed out of the Senate on Thursday, March 21, but hasn’t yet been...
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‘Momnibus’ bill nears passage with change to require hospitals, birthing centers and midwives to offer perinatal palliative care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A House-approved bill aimed at reducing maternal-mortality rates in Kentucky was approved without dissent by the Senate Health Services Committee on March 22 and...
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Bill to let pharmacists give vaccines to children 5 and older heads to governor’s desk; 11 Senate Republicans vote against it
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to allow Kentucky pharmacists to order and administer vaccinations to children down to the age of 5 has gained final passage, but...
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Appeals court upholds proposed warning labels for cigarette packs, but sends case back down to decide a procedural issue
By Kevin McGill Associated Press A federal rule to require cigarette packs and advertising to include graphic illustrations that demonstrate the effects of smoking — including pictures of smoke-damaged lungs and...
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Bill targeting certificate-of-need process for health-care facilities gets only three votes in House Health Services Committee
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern A bill that opponents said would effectively repeal Kentucky’s certificate-of-need law for health-care facilities failed in a strong bipartisan vote of the House Health Services...
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Events, trends, issues, ideas and independent journalism about health care and health in Kentucky, from the Institute for Rural Journalism at the University of Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In what the sponsor calls a bill to “clean some things up,” more restrictions are being added to the state’s medical-marijuana law and provisions...
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State Senate restores most Medicaid cuts made in the House
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern The state Senate has largely eliminated cuts to Medicaid that were proposed in the House budget. A top state official had warned the House plan...
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Baptist settles dispute with Humana but not United and WellCare
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern Baptist Health and Humana have ended a months-long standoff over Kentuckians with health coverage through Medicare Advantage and commercial insurance plans, the companies said Thursday,...
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Contrary to Trump’s musings, McConnell says efforts to repeal the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are ‘largely over’
Obamacare, now into its second decade, is pretty much here to stay. So says Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, contradicting former President Trump’s comments that he is still...
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Coleman wants opioid commission to shift focus to prevention, especially among youth; leaves small door open to ibogaine
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman laid out his mission for the next phase of the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission Tuesday, calling on them...