Without even having a hearing, a federal judge has ordered the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services not to close Kentucky's onl...
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Big drug bill heads to governor's desk; has harsher penalties and limits most prescriptions for acute pain to 3 days
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill that would limit most painkiller prescriptions to a three-day supply for acute pain, and chan...
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Without dissent, General Assembly overrides governor's veto of bill allowing courts to require outpatient mental-health treatment
Mental-health advocates lobbied for "Tim's Law" outside the state Senate chamber on March 29. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) By M...
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Why the republican health bill failed - Right Angle
Bill Whittle, Scott Ott and Steve Green discuss the failure of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) Dave www.davefluker.com
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County Health Rankings show troubling trend of more premature deaths, contrasting trends among some counties
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The premature death rate is getting worse in 44 of Kentucky's 120 counties and improving in 12 coun...
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California Short Term Health Insurance Reminder
Just a quick reminder that 4/1 will be the last day to purchase renewable 6-month short term health insurance. HCC e-blast says plans can b...
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More than half of Kentuckians have a gun in the house,15% are loaded and unlocked; among those with children, 12%
More than half of Kentucky adults have a firearm in the home and 15 percent of those guns are loaded and unlocked, according to a the latest...
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How Medicaid came to cover 1 in 3 people in Ky., 1 in 5 in U.S., and how it could be changed despite health bill's failure
Medicaid is the main reason many more people have health insurance, especially in Kentucky. These New York Times maps are interactive, with ...
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Mo Brooks Introduces One Line Bill to Repeal Obamacare
Mo Brooks (R-AL) has entered a one sentence bill for repeal of the ACA (ObamaCare). Seen as more of a symbolic gesture (the bill did not go ...
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Trump Lemonade for Dr. Price
President Trump campaigned on making health care better, cheaper and available to all Americans, regardless of ability to pay. Once Mr. Trum...
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Colorectal cancer has declined, except in people under 30; overall, it's more common in Kentucky than in any other state
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Colorectal cancer has become less common since the mid-1980s, but has been increasing steadily in pe...
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Health bill seems dead for this year, but changes are likely anyway in Medicaid and perhaps in private, subsidized insurance
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News What does the failure of the bill to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, bet...
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59 percent of Ky. adults have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience, linked to physical and mental health issues
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation illustration By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many health-care providers have started looking at adver...
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Stefan Molyneux - How To Save Health Care: A Memo to Donald Trump
I know it's a bit long, but Stefan hits on so many truths about insurance, health insurance and the comparative between Single Payer (he...
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Louisville's Our Lady of Peace opens first retail pharmacist-operated, long-acting injection clinic; will mostly treat opioid abuse
Insider Louisville photo Kentucky is again leading the nation in finding ways to combat the opioid epidemic, ...
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None and Done?! House GOP Withdraws AHCA (TrumpCare) Bill
On Thursday, Republican House Leaders delayed a floor vote on the AHCA (American Health Care Act) also referred to as TrumpCare. President T...
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GOP Postpones Health Care Vote (AHCA/TrumpCare)
Republic Leadership has postponed the House vote on the American Health Care Act (AHCA). House Floor vote was scheduled for today. Republ...
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Health officials and advocates list Kentucky's top 5 health issues, including one newly identified: adverse childhood experiences
About 125 people worked on the state health assessment at the Kentucky History Center in Frankfort on Wednesday, March 22. By Melissa Patric...
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A Citizen's Amendment to RyanCare
There are approximately 18 million Americans who purchase health insurance on the so called individual market, on and off the Obamacare exc...
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