Lisa Gillespie (KPR)
WFPL ReporterLisa 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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Gov. Andy Beshear will not move forward with former Gov. Matt Bevin’s controversial changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program. Beshear made the announcement… -
A little under a half a million Medicaid enrollees in Kentucky may be confused about what recent news about the state’s Medicaid contracts means for their…
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In his inaugural address Tuesday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear addressed two of the core issues he campaigned on: health care insurance and the cost of…
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For the past four years, Kentucky officials have been trying to institute a policy requiring some Medicaid recipients work or do community service to keep…
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Kentucky has the nation’s worst rate of new lung cancer cases, according to a new report from the American Lung Association.The state also has one of the…
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Kentucky is expanding a program that pays for Medicaid enrollees to get on their employer insurance. As of Monday, family members of people in the program…
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Kentucky’s state treasurer is in charge of Kentucky’s money and making sure state spending is legal and constitutional.While candidates running for…
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A little more than half of Americans support a ban on flavored e-cigarettes and vapes, according to a poll out Thursday from the Kaiser Family…
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Kentucky estimates that it will spend $271.6 million in 2019 and 2020 alone to overhaul the state’s Medicaid program, according to a federal audit. That’s…
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Health officials are urging Kentuckians to get a flu vaccine as the start of the 2019-2020 season kicks off on Sunday.The flu season usually lasts until…
