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Iowa bans Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for adults
12 Jun 2025 22:10 GMT
… ;The bill provides these same medications and procedures for non-transgender … states are Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina … , Arkansas, Kansas, and Mississippi prevent Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care …
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Opinion: Medicaid cuts would devastate mental health, substance use treatment services in red states
12 Jun 2025 14:25 GMT
… vulnerable the millions of Medicaid recipients struggling with mental … Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia. In fact, the drug overdose … somewhat higher for the Medicaid population than the privately … estimated that the proposed Medicaid cuts would cause …
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Kentucky health experts weigh in on COVID booster recommendations
12 Jun 2025 09:23 GMT
… U.S. Food and Drug Administration may limit vaccine … , the commissioner for the Kentucky Department for Public Health, … , the commissioner for the Kentucky Department for Public Health, … sneezes.
More: Kentucky families must renew Medicaid for first time …
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Trump Won Big in Kentucky. Medicaid Cuts Could Hit It Hard.
06 Jun 2025 21:25 GMT
… ’ chief communications officer.
Before Kentucky expanded Medicaid in 2014, Mather remembers overhearing … having to choose between medication and groceries. Since Medicaid has expanded, that …
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Holleman: Josh Hawley’s stance on Medicaid is latest add to blue-collar resume
10 Jun 2025 11:26 GMT
… .5 million unqualified residents receiving Medicaid.
Still, Hawley is not … GOP senators arguing that Medicaid should undergo even more … Wisconsin, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Rick Scott of Florida … cards and prices on prescription drugs, crack down on child …
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Medicaid cuts, work requirements would risk opioid treatment access for thousands of Kentuckians
07 Jun 2025 06:24 GMT
… Spalding, research director at the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, said … , to their prescription medications.”
Medicaid funding is used for medications like suboxone and … data.
A decade ago, Kentucky expanded Medicaid and relies on federal funding …
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rep. brett guthrie discusses legislation on drug addiction treatment
06 Jun 2025 16:24 GMT
… U.S. Congress representing Kentucky’s 2nd District since 2009 … He emphasized the impact of drug addiction and overdoses on families … wanted to make sure that Medicaid protected the most vulnerable, and … 2009, he served in the Kentucky Senate from 2000 to 2008 …
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What Will Happen to Opioid and Drug Overdose Deaths after CDC Cuts?
05 Jun 2025 16:25 GMT
… with people who use drugs and was a senior … people onto long-term medications, including methadone and buprenorphine … declining. Looming cuts to Medicaid programs, LaBelle warns, are … predicts treatment programs in Kentucky will become backlogged—potentially …
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Medicaid cuts would risk opioid treatment access for KY
05 Jun 2025 07:25 GMT
… their treatment, to their prescription medications."
Medicaid funding is used for … data.
A decade ago, Kentucky expanded Medicaid and relies on federal funding … 2010 and 2022.
Disclosure: The Kentucky Center for Economic Policy contributes …
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New studies show how cutting Medicaid could be deadly
04 Jun 2025 19:15 GMT
… other paper about how Medicaid lowers prescription drug prices for some people … , and people relying on expensive drugs were the most likely to … facing higher drug costs for a couple extra months without Medicaid killed … in Ohio and WFPL in Kentucky.