Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Four nonprofit mental-health agencies in Kentucky are creating a new partnership that they say will help them improve clinical programs and alliances and protect the safety-net services in rural communities....
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron joined a coalition of 20 Republican attorneys general in sending a letter to Walgreens and CVS saying their plans to...
Kentucky Health News “While politicians debate whether to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky, a lesser-known product that gets people similarly high is flourishing in the state. And it’s already legal,”...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fewer Kentuckians signed up for a government-subsidized health plan on Kynect, the state-based marketplace, in 2023 than in the previous two years, likely because...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Proponents and opponents of a bill to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky were on KET‘s Jan. 30 edition of “Kentucky Tonight,” with proponents saying...
Norton Healthcare, which has five hospitals in Louisville and is building another, it making more families eligible for its financial assistance program, raising the income limit from 300% of the...
Dollar General Corp., a Scottsville, Kentucky-born company that moved its headquarters to suburban Nashville but has become ubiquitous across the commonwealth, has expanded into health care. The retailer has established...
By Fred Schulte Kaiser Health News Health-insurance companies that sell Medicare Advantage to seniors dodged a major financial bullet Monday, as federal officials gave them a reprieve for returning hundreds...
Kentucky Health News Two big players in health care are the major financiers of a venture-capital firm that calls itself “a regional social investment platform” for Eastern Kentucky and most...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Only five Kentucky counties, all but one along the Virginia border, have a high level of Covid-19 risk, according to the latest weekly map...