Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Loved ones say actor killed himself after losing all in flood, showing need for mental-health services for region’s homeless
Tony Calhoun (Showhouse Productions) —– A Kentucky actor and screenwriter killed himself after losing everything he owned in last month’s flash floods, his fiancée said, and “His friends and family hope the incident...
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Panel to study mental-health issues in criminal-justice system
Chief Justice Minton, Justice Lambert, Gov. Beshear —– The Supreme Court of Kentucky has created a commission to investigate mental-health issues in the state’s criminal-justice system. Its membership has not...
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Flooding and recovery cause concerns about health and safety
WEKU-FM photo by Stu Johnson —– “Maintaining good physical and mental health is top of mind for health officials in flood-devastated Eastern Kentucky,” reports Samantha Morrill of WEKU-FM. “Tetanus and hepatitis are major...
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Experts at hearing sought by Sen. Rand Paul say gain-of-function virus research should be subject to more government oversight
Sen. Rand Paul (Photo by Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post) —– Academic and drug-industry experts told a U.S. Senate subcommittee Aug. 3 that more government oversight is needed for gain-of-function...
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Ky. has a nursing shortage; SOAR issues a plan to address the issue in the east, where health care is the main employer
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Hospital staffing shortages continue across the state, and are so dire in Eastern Kentucky that Shaping Our Appalachian Region, an organization dedicated to revitalizing and...
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Kentucky children’s well-being ranks 37th in U.S., foundation says
Data book ranks states in four major domains with 16 indicators to produce an overall rating. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The annual Kids Count Data Book on children’s well-being,...
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Senate passes bill to limit Medicare drug costs, keep Obamacare discounts; Ky. senators vote no, citing tax increases, inflation
Kentucky Health News Senate Democrats passed a bill Sunday titled the Inflation Reduction Act, which would allow Medicare to negotiate with drug manufacturers to lower prices, as well as limiting...
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State senator selected for national fellowship on population health
State Sen. Ralph Alvarado —– State Sen. Ralph Alvarado, R-Winchester, is one of 23 fellows from 20 states selected for the 2022-23 class of the Milbank Fellows Program for senior executive-branch and...
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Beshear says current state of Ky. law on abortion is ‘the most extremist in the nation’ because of no rape or incest exceptions
Beshear talks about abortion. (Screenshot from Facebook) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The current state of Kentucky’s law on abortion is “the most extremist in the nation” because it...
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Feds will raise nursing-home payments, not cut them as planned
Nursing homes will get a big increase in payments from Medicare payments instead of the cut that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services originally planned. “In April, CMS proposed cutting Medicare Part A...