Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health NewsStarting Jan. 1, most adult Medicaid beneficiaries in Kentucky will be required to make co-payments for many of their health-care services, a rule change that prompted...
Photo by Steve Debenport ___ By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News For the first time in nearly a decade, the number of uninsured children in the United States and Kentucky...
Juul e-cigarette. Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky photo. — By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health NewsElectronic-cigarette use among teens is so widespread that the top U.S. public health official has issued...
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin shakes hands with Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear before one of Bevin’s State of the Commonwealth speeches. (AP photo by Timothy Easley) — A federal judge in Texas has...
Rep. Danny Bentley and Dianne McFarling, a certified prevention specialist, spoke at the Dec. 12 interim joint health committee meeting. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) — By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross...
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids chart — Kentucky leads the nation in smoking and tobacco-related health costs, but ranks 35th in how much it spends from tobacco-tax revenue and the millions...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky teachers have plenty to keep up with in the schools, which can cause an issue like teenagers’ vaping of electronic cigarettes to get...
The demand for syringe exchanges crosses county lines; if local governments haven’t allowed one in a county where intravenous drug users live, some of them go to a county that...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Just days before the end of open enrollment on Healthcare.gov, national and state officials are encouraging Kentuckians to sign up for federally subsidized health insurance....
Screenshot of Healthcare.gov website — By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With just a few days left to enroll in a health-insurance plan on Healthcare.gov, it’s time to sign up...