New federal law that took effect Jan. 1 will help protect Kentuckians from surprise medical bills
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As of Jan. 1, Americans who get surprise medical bills have new federal consumer…
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With FDA authorization of booster shots for kids 12 to 15, parents urged to make ‘game plan’ for vaccination
By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service The Food and Drug Administration this week has authorized Pfizer booster shots for kids…
Coronavirus vaccines for children ages five to 11 are approved, but many parents remain reluctant
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved emergency-use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus…
Kentucky has second highest per-capita spending on prescription drugs, no surprise in ‘unhealthy’ place
Kentucky Health News A new analysis shows how much the average resident in each state spends on prescription drugs. Kentucky…
State senate to take up two separate bills proposing additions to Medicaid coverage
By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service Two new bills introduced in the Kentucky Senate would require Medicaid to cover dental…
Deadline to sign up for insurance on Healthcare.gov is Dec. 15, but most Americans don’t know
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With just two weeks left to sign up for federally subsidized health insurance for…
Pew Trusts: Kentucky among several red states willing to expand Medicaid in exchange for work
Editor’s Note: This story is part of Stateline’s 2018 Legislative Review. By Christine Vestal Pew Charitable Trusts Kentucky Republican Gov….
Richard Nelson: New approach to healthy Kentucky – to help people take ownership of their own lives
Kentucky became the first state in the nation to receive a federal waiver to require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to work,…
Open enrollment for health insurance ends Dec. 15; check out options even if re-enrollment is automatic
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News This is the first year that more than 80,000 Kentuckians with a 2017 health…
Many Kentuckians with Obamacare plans received premium notices that over-estimated costs for 2018
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With a shortened enrollment period, huge cuts in advertising and in-person assistance, and ongoing…
Here’s a primer for open enrollment for subsidized health plans, which ends December 15; share this
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News About a third of Americans haven’t heard anything about open enrollment for federally subsidized…
Still without insurance, not Medicaid eligible, you might qualify for free policy; deadline Dec. 15
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Premiums are higher for health insurance through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,…
ACA enrollment is open only through Dec. 15 — sign up early for assistance and compare plans
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Sign up early, make sure you compare costs and plans and make an early…
The Rural Blog: Painkillers make the pain go away, and that’s why the opioid epidemic persists
One of the biggest barriers to beating the nation’s opioid epidemic, which is disproportionately rural, could be that the painkillers…