Tag: state government
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First day of open enrollment on federal health-insurance exchange got off to a rough start for some Kentuckians
The first day of open enrollment to sign up for health insurance on the federal health exchange, Nov. 1, got off to a rough start for some Kentuckians. Sharon Bush,...
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State sues failed Kentucky Health Cooperative’s former chief executive board and contractors, alleging mismanagement
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The former president and directors of the Kentucky Health Cooperative, created under federal health reform, are facing a lawsuit from the...
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Health commissioner leaves political correctness at the door, talks about getting governor to back anti-smoking measures
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – State health officials didn’t shy away from saying that smoking was one of Kentucky’s top health issues at a recent meeting...
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Baptist Health Plan says it pulled out of state exchange because it attracted too many healthy people and got penalized for it
Baptist Health Plan pulled out of Kentucky’s insurance exchange because it attracted too many healthy customers and thus drew a federal penalty, Boris Ladwig reports for Insider Louisville. “The narrative...
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Lung transplant recipient who battled bureaucracy to get coverage, dies five days after being widowed; funeral Sunday
“Katie Prager, the Kentucky lung transplant recipient whose story with her late husband, Dalton, touched millions, has died,” reports Cheryl Truman of The Lexington Herald-Leader. Katie and Dalton met online...
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Sept. 23 is deadline to apply for grants that can be used for syringe exchanges; 17 approved, but few in high-risk counties
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Office of Drug Control Policy is offering competitive grants to local boards of the Agency for Substance Abuse Policy for them to use toward...
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State health officials warn of looming ‘public health crisis from dangerous drugs,’ including heroin laced with potent Fentanyl
Kentucky health officials are warning that a “public health crisis involving dangerous drugs” looms over the state, and could hit this weekend, the Department for Public Health said in a...
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Nonprofit groups question Bevin’s plan to require ‘volunteer’ work from able-bodied adults who aren’t primary caregivers
Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan to require volunteer work from unemployed, able-bodied Medicaid members isn’t sitting well with the Kentucky Nonprofit Network, which represents nearly 600 of the state’s nonprofit groups,...
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UK entomologist says Ky. not likely to have Zika outbreak this year, but state still sprays around homes of those few with virus
Aedes Aegypti mosquito (CDC photo) An entomologist from the University of Kentucky encourages Kentuckians to stay calm about the Zika virus because Kentucky does not have many of the mosquitoes...
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Ky. still has 300,000 without health coverage; they’re more likely to be working, and younger and less educated, than the insured
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The 300,000 Kentuckians who still lacked health coverage at the end of 2015 were more likely to be working but earning low pay. They were...