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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Over 700 doses of Narcan will be distributed to first responder agencies in four Northern Kentucky counties. Gov. Matt Bevin and officials from...
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Chief Medical Officer Harold Paz says the donation is part of the work the insurance provider is doing to aid in the opioid epidemic.
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After the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the number of uninsured women in the U.S. fell from 20 percent in 2010 to 11 percent in 2016. That...
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A Fundamentalist Christian group is protesting at the last clinic in Kentucky where abortions are performed. A federal judge is expected to decide if the buffer zone will remain there permanently.
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At Public Meeting, Many Oppose Bevin's Proposed Medicaid ChangesBevin’s proposed changes include copays to keep coverage, a six-month lockout period for not making those payments, and a volunteer or work requirement.
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The state estimates that its newest changes would cause an additional 9,000 Kentuckians to lose Medicaid insurance.
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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is slamming efforts led by Senate Majority Leader and fellow Kentuckian Mitch McConnell to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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The letter explains a prescription drug and medical care savings program. But it leads with an exclamation that, frankly, can seem a little scammy.
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The CBO score of the House Republican bill is predictable, as are the politics around it.
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While the heroin epidemic continues to make news, prescription drug abuse is still in the forefront of the minds of Kentuckians.