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Legislators tell Beshear they’ll talk with him after votes to override vetoes; he says ‘See you in court,’ warns of fourth surge in cases
Department for Public Health graph, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; click it to enlarge —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The dispute between Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear...
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UK finalizing deal to manage Ashland hospital in ‘joint venture’
King’s Daughters Medical Center (2011 photo) —– The University of Kentucky and King’s Daughters Heath System, which has a major hospital in Ashland, have formed what they call a “joint venture.” Mark Newman, UK’s...
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Primary Care Association builds out new data system to become more efficient, with help of $250K grant from UnitedHealthcare
The Kentucky Primary Care Association is developing a new data system for its member clinics, with the help of a $250,000 grant from UnitedHealthcare, a major insurance company. “The Centralized Healthcare And Revenue...
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Hospitals agree to follow higher quality standards to get more money from Medicaid, which covers 1/3 of state’s population
Friedlander and interpreter Virginia Moore announced the new hospital payment program. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With up to 28 rural Kentucky hospitals vulnerable to closure if their financial situation...
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Beshear dismisses legislators’ complaints about not consulting with them on pandemic, says ‘A phone works both ways’
State health department graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge it, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Faced with a sheaf of potential laws that...
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Bills filed to let cities and counties regulate marketing and sale of tobacco products and vaping materials more strictly than state
Coalition for a Smoke-Free Tomorrow illustration —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Lawmakers in both the House and Senate have filed bills to let cities and counties more strictly...
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GOP-run legislature passes six bills in first five days of session, four to limit governor’s powers in the middle of a pandemic
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In rare Saturday meetings, the Kentucky General Assembly’s Republican supermajorities passed six of their priority bills, four aimed at limiting Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s...
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2 anti-abortion bills are sent again to Beshear, who vetoed them last year as time ran out; opponents still say neither is necessary
Rep Joseph Fischer —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two abortion-related bills are on their way to Gov. Andy Beshear’s desk. One would require “medically appropriate and reasonable life-saving...
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Beshear’s proposed budget provides money for many, including health departments and their pensions, pay raises and broadband
Gov. Andy Beshear gave his budget speech via video. (Image screenshot from KET) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state budget Gov. Andy Beshear’s proposed Thursday would provide additional...
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Dr. Anthony Fauci is ‘the Einstein of epidemic diseases,’ writes Kentucky State University professor who studied under him
Drs. Rajendran and Fauci (Photo provided to The State Journal) —– By Narayanan Rajendran Kentucky State University The physicist Albert Einstein wrote a letter in 1939 to President Franklin D. Roosevelt...