Tag: state budget legislature
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Health cabinet offers no budget-cut details at committee meeting; legislators say they need this information to draft budget
Democrats on the state House Budget Subcommittee on Human Services pressed the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for more details on how it planned to implement Republican Gov. Matt...
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Republican senators won’t block Medicaid expansion funding
Republican leaders of the state Senate say they will not block the estimated $250 million in spending needed to pay the state’s forthcoming share of the Medicaid expansion in the...
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New research building at UK will focus on state’s health disparities
Artist’s rendering of new research center A new research facility that will focus on addressing the health challenges and disparities in Kentucky is being built on the University of Kentucky‘s...
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Women leading Kentucky health: State health commissioner sees ‘stars aligned’ for Kentucky to finally get healthier
Health Commissioner Stephanie Mayfield Gibson This is the third in a series of stories about four high-ranking female state officials who have guided the state’s embrace of the Patient Protection...