Health officials said the state is considering eliminating Medicaid coverage to almost 500,000 Kentuckians because the program is facing a n...
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Grant program for children's health enters final year; foundation plans to create a video and report to share with other communitiesHealthy Care
Breathitt County youth using fitness equipment at Douthitt Park. (Photo: Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky) As a $3 million Fou...
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Paducah Mayor Brandi Harless and Dr. Van S. Breeding of Whitesburg named Healthy Kentucky Policy ChampionsHealthy Care
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has named two new Healthy Kentucky Policy Champions: Paducah Mayor Brandi Harless for her leadership ...
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Health-insurance expert advises: understand premiums, coverage, Obamacare subsidies and how much risk you want to assumeHealthy Care
'Anyone buying health insurance this fall faces a daunting task: having to choose among multiple, often-complex options that offer widel...
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Justice Department gives Eastern District of Kentucky a new prosecutor to fight fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Duncan saysHealthy Care
The chief federal prosecutor for the eastern half of Kentucky says his office is getting a new prosecutor dedicated to fighting fentanyl, t...
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State OKs rates for federally subsidized health insuranceHealthy Care
The state Department of Insurance has approved the 2019 rates for federally subsidized health-insurance plans under the Patient Protection...
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Senate bill, including McConnell items, would boost opioid fightHealthy Care
CJ photo by Michael Clevenger The U.S. Senate has passed an appropriations bill that "takes aim at the next wave of the opio...
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Muhlenberg County doctor became addicted, but turned himself in, recovered, and now runs a drug-treatment clinicHealthy Care
Dr. Barry Hardison of Greenville runs a drug-treatment clinic in Muhlenberg County. "What Hardison has to say isn't scientific,...
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17 companies that were warned to stop packaging their e-cigarette liquids to kids have stopped; FDA warns it's still watchingHealthy Care
Reuters photo All 17 companies that were warned in May to stop marketing their electronic cigarette liquids in packaging that re...
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Suicide Prevention Week Sept. 9-15; officials and journalists are paying more attention to this growing cause of death in Ky.Healthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In Kentucky, one person dies by suicide about every 11 hours, making it the 11th leading cause of...
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Oct. 4 Health Watch USA conference in Lexington will focus on health-care transparency and patient safetyHealthy Care
Somerset-based Health Watch USA will hold its 12th annual Healthcare Transparency and Patient Safety conference Oct. 4 in Lexington. Th...
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$100,000 federal grants will create opioid response network in Northeast Ky., fight childhood obesity in Western Ky. Healthy Care
Two Kentucky organizations have received $100,000 grants from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration that will be used ...
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Ky. reviewing how to regulate short-term health policies that aren't so short; health expert advises to read the fine printHealthy Care
Image: The National Council for Behavioral Health A 43-year-old woman went on a search for a short-term health insurance plan in ...
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Hospital executives want lawmakers to tax other providers (and lower the rate) to help pay for Medicaid expansion populationHealthy Care
The expansion of Medicaid to nearly 500,000 more Kentuckians "must be preserved," according to a group of hospital executives wh...
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Dander Still Up, And Also Down, All OVer the Place. What Gives?Healthy Care Renewal
A. I've started this piece a whole bunch of times. So in fairness to you, reader, you have a few paths through it. If you don't fe...
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