Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
On its way out, the administration of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has given five health-insurance companies new, five-year deals to manage the care of Kentuckians on Medicaid — and dropped...
Courier Journal illustration shows farm worker who oversaw flow of $30 million in drugs into Kentucky. —– The tentacles of a huge, powerful and violent drug cartel reach from Mexico...
Kentucky’s Medicaid program could save nearly $240 million a year by eliminating pharmacy benefit managers and returning to its old “fee for service” system of reimbursing pharmacists for each prescription,...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A recent analysis by The Commonwealth Fund, a foundation interested in the health-care system, shows that the overall cost of employer-sponsored insurance plans keeps going up, and...
Bishop Nash and Lyn O’Connell speaking in Ashland Nov. 15 at “Covering Substance Abuse and Recovery: A Workshop for Journalists” —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News ASHLAND, Ky. —...
In an effort to help teenagers stop vaping, the Kentucky Department for Public Health has launched a free service called “My Life, My Quit.” The service allows teens who want to quit...
Terry Brooks (Kentucky Youth Advocates photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Almost one in four Kentuckians are children. How goes their health? Most have health insurance, fewer teenagers are...
(Photo: Dylan Hollingsworth, Bloomberg News) —– President Trump has decided not to go through with the ban on electronic-cigarette flavors that he announced more than two months ago, report Josh Dawsey and Laurie...
Justice Secretary John Tilley at workshop —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News ASHLAND, Ky. – At a day-long workshop for journalists on covering substance abuse and recovery, state Justice...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Childbirth, which should be one of life’s most joyous occasions, has become more deadly for Kentucky mothers, and remains problematic for many Kentucky babies...