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Database lists opioid-settlement payments to local governments
Screenshot of first page of KFF Health News database of settlement payments in Kentucky through March 4 shows the top 15 recipients. How much money are your local governments getting from...
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Bill to let pharmacists give vaccines to children 5 and older heads to governor’s desk; 11 Senate Republicans vote against it
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News A bill to allow Kentucky pharmacists to order and administer vaccinations to children down to the age of 5 has gained final passage, but...
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Bill would save Kentucky consumers money, help independent pharmacies survive, says sponsor
Four years after leading the effort to cut corporate middlemen out of the prescription drug business for Kentucky’s Medicaid program, Sen. Max Wise now is taking aim at those...