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Medicare Advantage TV ads and other marketing will have to follow new rules aimed at stopping deception of beneficiaries

Kentucky Health News Those incessant ads and phone calls about Medicare, and other marketing devices that the federal government considers deceptive, are about to get makeovers. At least that’s what...

By Heather Close Published April 6, 2023 FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and state agency start effort to encourage Kentuckians to improve immunity and overall health

A new campaign encourages Kentuckians to boost their overall health and immunity to combat chronic conditions and Covid-19, the effects of which are still being felt across the state. “Raise...

By Heather Close Published April 4, 2023 FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Legislature nixes Beshear’s expansion of Medicaid dental, hearing and vision benefits; dentists’ lobby says it took no stand on the bill

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Republican-controlled General Assembly stood by its repeal of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s expansion of dental, hearing and vision benefits for 900,000 Kentucky adults...

By Heather Close Published April 3, 2023 FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Bill to legalize medical marijuana for some in 2025 becomes law

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After years of failed attempts, on the last day of the 2023 legislative session legislators passed a bill to legalize medical marijuana for people...

By Heather Close Published April 3, 2023 DRUGS, EVENTS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Fentanyl test strips will no longer be drug paraphernalia under law

By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Fentanyl test strips will no longer be considered drug paraphernalia in Kentucky. Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday signed a bipartisan bill decriminalizing fentanyl test strips...

By Heather Close Published April 3, 2023 DRUGS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Every Kentucky county has a low risk of Covid-19 transmission

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Every county in Kentucky has a low risk of Covid-19 transmission, according to the latest weekly analysis of risk based on new cases and...

By Heather Close Published April 3, 2023 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Guthrie, new chair of House health subcommittee, calls for more price transparency by pharmacy benefit managers and hospitals

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie of Bowling Green is playing a priominent role as Congress investigates the role of pharmacy benefit managers in the growing...

By Heather Close Published April 3, 2023 DRUGS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Mostly along partisan lines, legislature overrides governor’s veto of bill that would ban gender-affirming care to minors in Kentucky

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Republicans in the Kentucky House and Senate voted Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of Senate Bill 150, which bans gender-affirming care...

By Heather Close Published March 31, 2023 EVENTS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Beshear vetoes bill that would ban gender-affirming care for Kentuckians under 18; Republicans are expected to override it

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a far-reaching bill that would ban transgender minors’ access to gender-affirming care and sets strict rules for teaching...

By Al Cross Published March 24, 2023 FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY

Legislature takes away Medicaid dental, vision and hearing benefits Beshear granted; he indicates he will do it another way

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In October, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear announced the expansion of dental, vision and hearing benefits for 900,000 Kentucky adults on Medicaid. On March 16,...

By Heather Close Published March 24, 2023 FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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