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Category: EVENTS
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Special open enrollment period for government-subsidized health insurance extended to Aug. 15; new rules expand who qualifies
Kaiser Family Foundation graphs; for a larger version of any image, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The special open enrollment period for people to buy...
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On anniversary of pandemic’s arrival in Ky., Beshear vows to ‘fight aggressively until this virus is beaten,’ says it will be this year
Tanya Smith of Louisville, widow of Covid-19 victim Rev. Dr. Greg Smith, said “Stay strong, Kentucky. We are in this together and we will get through this together.” —– By Al Cross...
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Kentucky Health News is 10 years old; here’s more about us
Kentucky Health News entered its 11th year last month. How did it get started? How does it approach its work? What has it learned from its research and outreach? These...
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Biden reopens marketplace for subsidized health insurance under Affordable Care Act, from Feb. 15 to May 15, citing pandemic
President Biden is reopening enrollment for federally subsidized health insurance policies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for three months, giving Kentuckians another chance to get help from...
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Youth substance-use webinar says parents need to talk to kids early about vaping; addresses roles of music, social determinants
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The final webinar about reducing disease and unhealthy behaviors in Kentucky’s children focuses on vaping and substance use and offers policies and practical guidance...
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Webinar shows worries about youth mental health in pandemic; last in series, on vaping and substance abuse, is at 2 ET Monday
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The fourth of five webinars about reducing disease and unhealthy behaviors in Kentucky’s children focuses on youth mental health, especially in response to the...
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Work on successful lawsuit against changes in Medicaid earns Rich Seckel the Gil Friedell Healthy Policy Champion award
Rich Seckel —– UPDATE, Dec. 21: Seckel was named the Gil Friedell Health Policy Champion award, which comes with a $5,000 grant to a Kentucky-based nonprofit of his choice. (The original...
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McCracken County student who got hooked on e-cigs, then fought for limits on them, is named a Kentucky Healthy Policy Champion
Abby Hefner —– A Paducah-area high-school junior has been named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for advocating for policies that help prevent youth tobacco use, after she was addicted to...
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Work on successful lawsuit against changes in Medicaid earns Rich Seckel a Kentucky Healthy Policy Champion award
Rich Seckel —– The point man in a lawsuit that blocked changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program has been honored for his work by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. Rich Seckel,...