Beshear, Cameron spar over key tax issue in final gubernatorial debate before Kentucky election

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS KENTUCKY KENTUCKY — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron sparred over a key tax policy in their final debate Tuesday night, sharpening their closing pitches to voters with two weeks left in their hard-hitting campaign for governor in Kentucky. What You Need To Know Just two weeks are left in their…

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Health partnership to expand Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome care to rural Kentucky hospitals

WEKU | By Shepherd Snyder The Kentucky Association of Health Plans is giving $750,000 dollars to neonatal care company NASCEND to help improve access to treatment for opioid-exposed infants in rural areas. That includes helping hospitals set up prenatal consultations, training staff and adding new treatment programs. “The thing that we’re really striving for is that…

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Health care choices narrow for Kentuckians in Medicare Advantage plans

Baptist Health and a federal investigation cite plans’ denial of care and refusal to pay BY: DEBORAH YETTER LOUISVILLE — With open enrollment underway, older Americans are getting barraged with television ads, mailings and online notices hawking a variety of Medicare Advantage plans for health coverage. But many Kentuckians, including thousands of state retirees, are largely…

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‘Yes or no, sir?’: Gubernatorial candidates face direct questions on persistent controversies in KET debate

WUKY | By Josh James Gubernatorial contenders Andy Beshear and Daniel Cameron both turned in feisty performances during a debate on KET Monday night — with moderator Rene Shaw pressing for straight answers on a number of simmering campaign questions. It was a debate as much about what candidates wouldn’t say as what they would say.…

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How the flu season will look different this year, according to Lexington health officials

By Darnell Crenshaw LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Flu season is here, but it’s different this year. The CDC is now calling it respiratory illness season because health officials are now including COVID-19 and RSV along with influenza. According to the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department (LFCHD, these three respiratory viruses are really expected to circulate in the…

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Humana, one of Louisville’s top employers, to get new CEO

Louisville Public Media | By Jacob Munoz Humana CEO Bruce Broussard will step down late next year. Jim Rechtin, president and CEO of Envision Healthcare, which provides hospitals with clinicians, will take over the Louisville-based Fortune 500 company. The leadership change could signal changes for one of the city’s most prominent corporations, with the possibility that…

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Beshear, Cameron tangle over jobs, education, abortion and crime at only NKY debate at NKU

By Jack Brammer NKyTribune reporter Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear sees his re-election battle this fall pitting “vision vs. division,” while his Republican opponent, Attorney General Daniel Cameron, says it is more like “crazy vs.normal.” The two candidates presented their cases Monday night to back up their descriptions of the race in an hour-long debate sponsored…

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Connections | Louisville Healthcare Council has history of spending with CEO’s family members

A nonprofit known as CEOc received $40 million in grants from Louisville. It has a history of spending on businesses owned by its leader’s sister and ex-husband. by Chris Otts LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — On May 18, 2021, the Louisville Healthcare CEO Council convened what it called the “Capital Access Committee,” a small group of people…

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Kentucky doctors facing delays getting new RSV treatment to patients

By Jessica Umbro LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Some doctors are raising concerns about vaccine accessibility as the winter illness season approaches. Lexington pediatricians are discussing potential delays in getting RSV shots for babies and toddlers. “Today, I had a patient, a one-month-old, who had gotten RSV and was already very sick with it, and mom kind…

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Officials want your opinion on how Kentucky’s justice system handles mental health

By Alyssa Williams KENTUCKY (WKYT) – The Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health is hosting several meetings on how the courts can improve how they handle mental illness, substance abuse, and disabilities. Building on Kentucky’s first mental health summit, the commission will host nine town hall meetings across the state from Aug. 30-Nov. 29. Commission leaders…

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