Tag: state government
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At least one additional health-insurance company is expected to sell policies on Kynect exchange next year
The five insurance companies that sold policies this year on Kynect, Kentucky’s health-benefit exchange, want to return in 2015, and Dayton, Ohio-based CareSource wants to join as well. Officials said they...
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FDA issues warning label for tanning bed use by minors; sponsor of bill for a state ban says he will try again
Soon tanning beds will have a “black box” warning that those younger than 18 should not be using them, but some doctors, tanning companies and legislators do not think this...
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National poll finds many who need health coverage didn’t even shop for it because they didn’t think they could afford it
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News The top two reasons people gave for getting health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act were compliance with the law and a...
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Danville is latest Ky. community to ban indoor use of e-cigarettes, following new law that classifies them as tobacco product
The Danville City Commission has approved an ordinance that bans the use of e-cigs in enclosed places, placing the same restrictions on them that already exist on traditional tobacco cigarettes,...
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Conway funnels $1.5 million in drug-company settlements to develop prevention and treatment plan for kids’ substance abuse
With two lawsuit settlements from drug makers, Attorney General Jack Conway is giving the University of Kentucky $1.5 million over two years to develop a comprehensive plan for the prevention...
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Forum hears ideas for improving long-term care in Kentucky
People gathered at the Lexington Senior Citizens Center May 16 to discuss problems with long-term care and potential ways to improve it, at an event organized by the Nursing Home Ombudsman...
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Poll finds contrasting views of Obamacare and Kynect
Most registered voters in Kentucky have an unfavorable view of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act when it is called Obamacare, but a plurality think favorably of Kynect, the...
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Paducah Sun editorial criticizing Medicaid expansion was off base; Beshear sends the newspaper a response
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The Paducah Sun relied on incomplete and inaccurate information for an editorial Thursday that criticized Gov. Steve Beshear’s expansion of the Medicaid program under federal...
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Insurance companies will be allowed to add one more year to policies that don’t comply with reforms; decisions due May 5
Kentucky’s health insurance companies may extend through Oct. 1, 2016, individual and small-group policies that don’t comply with federal health reform, the state Department of Insurance announced Friday. This means...
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Poll: Kentuckians still oppose Obamacare, but favor fixes, not repeal, and think state insurance exchange works well
Most Kentuckians still oppose the federal health-reform law, but think it should be changed rather than repealed, and most think the state health-insurance exchange created under the law is working...