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Many Kentuckians qualify for dual-needs health coverage
BY NADIA RAMLAGAN KY NEWS CONNECTION Nearly 13 million people nationwide, including the around 2 million people in Kentucky enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid, may qualify for coverage under a Dual Special Needs Plan. Chloe Atwater, health justice attorney at the Kentucky Equal Justice Center, said nearly 40% of the state’s population is low-income. She
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Nursing-home referral service does not inform users about violations
KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS The nation’s largest nursing home referral service, A Place for Mom, does not inform users about citations of facilities for neglect or other substandard care, The Washington Post reports. A Place for Mom charges no fees to people seeking senior housing but “is paid large fees by assisted-living facilities and does not
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What do you expect from our next President?
I’m voting for the Presidential candidate who will promise to keep Social Security solvent. I’ve hit the age where I’m finally on the receiving end of some of this government money and I want to keep it going. Never fear. I’m still paying plenty of taxes. I’m still holding down a job, so Uncle Sam
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Whipsawed by the system, dozens of independent pharmacies closed in Kentucky last year, and more are expected to follow suit
KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS In the past year, at least 67 independent pharmacies have closed in Kentucky, and more are expected to close because of a recent change in the system that favors big pharmacy chains. So reports Alex Acquisto of the Lexington Herald-Leader in a significant story for rural Kentucky. “Pharmacists are often the first
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Get help with Medicare enrollment Oct. 24 at SHIP event in Inez
Open enrollment Oct. 15-Dec. 7 INEZ — Big Sandy Area Development District announced it will conduct a State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) open enrollment event at center citizen centers in each of the five service counties to help residents check on plans for 2023. The event at Martin County Senior Citizen Center in Inez
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First drug to slow Alzheimer’s disease gets full FDA and Medicare approval for early-stage cases; drug is still in clinical trials at UK
BY MELISSA PATRICK KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval for the first drug to slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, opening the door for Medicare to pay for it. “This is the first medicine ever that actually changes the disease in the brain, removes a component of
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Open enrollments for Medicaid, Medicare and federally subsidized health insurance plans will be available very soon
BY MELISSA PATRICK KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS Open enrollment to make changes to Medicaid, Medicare or federal-state subsidized Marketplace health insurance plans is just around the corner. Experts encourage participants in each of these programs to review their healthcare and prescription drug coverage yearly to make sure their plans still meet their healthcare needs. Medicaid: Medicaid
