Cameron is a protégé of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and previously worked as a corporate attorney and spokesman for criminal justice reform group Kentucky Smart On Crime.
The new governor pointed to a Government Accountability Office report released in October that showed Kentucky’s estimate of implementing the waiver would cost $270 million.
It is especially important for children and high-risk adults to get vaccinated, since they are at higher risk of complications and negative consequences, including death.
Kentuckians who are signing up for health insurance on Healthcare.gov are encouraged to talk to an application assister each year before they sign up because plans often change and premiums and options fluctuate.
The Fayette County Board of Education voted Dec. 5 to become the second school district in Kentucky to sue e-cig companies, following the lead of Bullitt County. Both boards say the booming use of e-cigs disrupts learning and causes discipline problems.
Beshear announced two of his eleven cabinet secretaries on Monday: former Lexington Mayor Jim Gray will serve as Transportation Cabinet secretary and Lt. Gov.-elect Jacqueline Coleman will be the next secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
Independent pharmacies in Kentucky and around the nation have said for years that the payment practices of pharmacy benefit managers, or PMBs, are so bad that they threaten their survival.
The leader of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet would instead be selected by members of influential lobbying groups — the Kentucky Association of Counties, the Kentucky League of Cities and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.
