Substance-use treatment under Medicaid jumps, following expansion of program and increase in abuse of painkillers

Kentucky's expanded Medicaid program covered approximately 11,000 substance-use treatment services in the second quarter of 2016, a huge...

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Huge new health law has provisions for research, opioids, mental health, faster approval of drugs and medical devices, and more

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Congress passed legislation Wednesday, Dec. 7 that will, among other things, increase funding for me...

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Surgeon general's addiction report, requested by McConnell and Democratic senator, calls for a new approach

Only 10 percent of Americans who abuse painkillers get treatment, so the nation needs to take a different approach to the growing problem of...

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Ky. leads nation in rate of hepatitis C infections but new drugs to treat the disease are so expensive they're out of reach for most

Kentucky's rate of hepatitis C infections is seven times the national average, but expensive new drugs to treat the disease remain large...

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