Lisa Gillespie
Lisa Gillespie is WFPL's Health and Innovation Reporter. Most recently, she was a reporter for Kaiser Health News. During her career, Gillespie has covered all things health — from Medicaid and Medicare payment policy and rural hospital closures to science funding and the dietary supplement market.
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Along with a vote to extend funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program comes something of a poison pill that could cut insurance for others.
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A study of 1,442 Medicare surgery patients found that one of the top three reasons for being readmitted was because of malnutrition.
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In 2010, Kentucky pulled funding for family drug courts — a program for parents who’d had social services take their children away because of of addiction.
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The Coalition for a Smoke-free Tomorrow estimates its proposed tobacco tax of $1.60 per pack would raise $266 million in new state revenue each year.
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Trump said the plans will allow Americans to access more affordable health care but critics say the move could create more problems.
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Kentucky’s Health Access Nurturing Development Services is a statewide program that provides home visits to help new and expecting parents.
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Kentucky regulators say they’ll go to court to keep from handing over documents related to the state’s plan to reconfigure its Medicaid insurance...
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The bill would have eliminated the mandate that people buy insurance and would have dramatically changed the way Medicaid operates.
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This marks the sixth year that Kentucky ACLU, the Fairness Campaign and other groups have protested the annual ham breakfast.
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Politicians who tried to take health care benefits from their voters may face political consequences as constituents come to understand what’s at stake.