Kentucky Health News: One Affordable Care Act insurer wants 12% rate hike next year; other one, -4.5
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One of the two insurers offering government-subsidized individual health plans in Kentucky for 2020…
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As school nurse programs are threatened, Medicaid money made available for physical, behavioral health
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many of Kentucky’s school districts have long struggled to pay for school nurses, let…
Ban on tobacco in schools still alive; may pass House with measure raising to 21 legal age to buy
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News With just three days left to pass bills, lawmakers in the…
Flu numbers jumped 65% in first week of year, half are children; months left of flu season, get your shot
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The number of influenza cases confirmed in Kentucky rose by 65 percent in the…
Quitting smoking is #1 resolution, losing weight is next (if you do first, you probably can’t do second)
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Of the 44 percent of American adults who said they would make a New…
More children in state and nation lack health insurance; Kentucky’s uninsured rate rose in 2017
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News For the first time in nearly a decade, the number of uninsured children in…
Most vulnerable may lose insurance coverage, due to penalties, work rules, ‘onerous reporting’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Kentucky moves toward implementing a stricter Medicaid plan, a group of providers, consumers…
More parents claiming religious exemption for children’s vaccinations; rises 59% after new state rule
Kentucky Health News More Kentucky children are not being immunized “for medical and religious reasons,” Ashleigh Mills reports for Spectrum…
State moves ahead on Kentucky HEALTH plan that federal judge has vacated; hoping for waiver
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Though Kentucky’s proposed Medicaid plan was vacated by a federal judge just days before…
UC study shows secondhand smoke is bad for teenagers; more likely to miss school due to illness
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News It has long been established that exposure to secondhand smoke is harmful to babies…
New study says youth likely to start smoking after they turn 18, but not before
Kentucky Health News The celebration in recent years about lower smoking rates among teenagers could end up being all for…
State scrambling to deal with fallout from court ruling on the Kentucky HEALTH Medicaid plan
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the Cabinet for Health and Family Services scrambles to deal with the fallout…
Summer’s here: Time to protect your skin from sun and keep a regular watch for skin cancer
From Kentucky Health News Friday, June 1 is the start of meteorological summer, which is a great reminder to make…
Best way to protect yourself from Hepatitis A outbreak is the vaccine; be sure to wash hands
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Since state officials declared an outbreak of hepatitis A in November, Kentucky has had…
Medicaid work requirements to begin in NKY this summer; all but eight KY counties involved by Dec. 1
Medicaid work requirements to begin in Northern Kentucky this summer, with all but eight counties to be involved by Dec….
Study shows five habits could add decades to our lives, but only eight percent of us are doing them all
Americans could add about a decade to their lives, on average, if they maintained five healthy habits: not smoking, eating…
Kentucky Health News: As new Medicaid plan nears, various sources offer ways to find out about it
As new Medicaid plan nears, various sources offer ways to find out more about it and how you could be…
Ky Health News: Critics say new Medicaid rules will mean greater loss of coverage than Bevin expected
Changes in the state Medicaid program, to be phased in starting July 1, would lead to many more people losing…
New research shows the more time teenagers spend on smartphones, the less happy they are
New research shows that teenagers who spend a large amount of time on their smartphones are more likely to be…
Poor adults on Medicaid more likely to quit smoking but only 15% of KY smokers use cessation benefit
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Low-income adults who gained health insurance under the expansion of Medicaid like Kentucky and…
Frankfort judge strikes down law requiring medical review of malpractice lawsuits; Bevin to appeal
A judge has ruled that a new law aimed at decreasing frivolous lawsuits and lowering malpractice insurance costs was unconstitutional,…
Trump threat to stop subsidies has insurers jumpy; CareSource to refile rate plan in 61 counties
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News President Trump’s threats to stop funding the cost-reduction payments that help low- and moderate-income…