Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Study: Fulton hospital closed partly because owner preferred to invest in nearby Tenn. facility; played hardball with locals
A study of three rural hospital closures last year, including one in Kentucky, found that several factors led to the hospitals’ demise and that access to care, especially emergency care,...
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Kentuckians increasingly covered by high-deductible health plans
Six times as many Kentucky workers were enrolled in high-deductible health insurance plans in 2014 as in 2006, reflecting a national trend, says a report for the Foundation for a...
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Democrats in Congress lose key round in bid for immediate anti-addiction funds; threaten filibuster that could kill the bill
Deaths from prescription overdose hit a record high in 2014 By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News Democrats are threatening to filibuster the proposed Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act after a Democratic-led effort...
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At third and final Medicaid hearing, Eastern Kentucky residents say plan doesn’t match up with the realities of their region
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News In the county and region where the expansion of Medicaid has had the most impact, residents and health-care providers gave the harshest criticism yet...
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No Kentucky health-insurance plans eligible for federal subsidies offer comprehensive coverage of addiction treatment
Photo from drugabuse.com More than two-thirds of state health-insurance plans eligible for federal subsidies violate federal treatment requirements for addiction disorders, says the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse....
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Feds ease access to most common drug against opioid addiction
Photo from thefix.com By Danielle Ray and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Federal drug rules will soon loosen so that doctors can accommodate nearly triple the number of patients they...
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Final hearing on Medicaid changes to be held Wed. in Hazard, hotbed of expansion, with live videostreaming from WYMT-TV
The final hearing on Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan to change the Medicaid program will be held tomorrow at a different location than first planned, but with a video livestream. The...
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Judge rejects Bevin lawsuit against Louisville abortion clinic; administration says it will appeal
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has lost the first round in his legal fight against the new but not formally licensed Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in downtown Louisville. Circuit Judge Mitch Perry...
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Several Kentucky school districts are requiring students who drive to school to pass a drug test; Hardin County is the latest
Image: commons.wikimedia.org By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Hardin County has joined a growing number of Kentucky school districts that require student drivers, and those who participate in athletics, to...
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State honors three local groups for fighting abuse of elderly
Three community groups have received awards from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services to help their efforts to stop elder abuse. The Public Awareness Initiative awards, including $500...