Kentucky Legislature Moves To Implement Make America Healthy Again. Is Your State Next?

Source: USA TODAY, Link Kentucky

The Kentucky legislature is moving to incorporate the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” principles in the commonwealth. 

On Tuesday, members of the Senate Families and Children Committee unanimously — and with bipartisan support — passed a resolution to establish the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Kentucky Task Force. 

The task force would be composed of eight legislative members — four from the Senate and four from the House — including two Democrats and six Republicans, appointed by each chamber’s leadership, who would meet at least once a month during the interim. 

This task force aims to improve health outcomes by studying health and wellness data and implementing strategies aligned with the MAHA principles. The focus will be on promoting healthy foods, supporting beneficial lifestyle changes, and ensuring health insurance coverage that supports disease prevention. The task force will not study vaccines or vaccine schedules.

While waiting on more federal direction, Funke Frommeyer said, her MAHA Kentucky goals include: 

• Reevaluate Medicaid drug approvals.
• Propose a thorough review of the Medicaid approval process “to ensure that the high cost for forever medications like ozempic are only used when truly necessary.” 
• Promote preventative and alternative therapies. 
• Encourage the adoption of less invasive, more holistic treatments “consistent with … restoring American health over corporate profit.” 
• Revamp medical and dental curricula to “(ensure) future providers are educated on addressing the root causes of chronic illness, rather than solely relying on pharmaceuticals.”  

Sen. Keturah Herron, D-Louisville, praised the parts of the resolution that encourages reduction of environmental pollutants and increased access to nutritious food. 

“I know that in my district, and in Louisville, that there is a lack of access to fresh food, grocery stores and then there’s a lot of environmental issues,” said Herron, who voted in favor of the resolution. “I look forward to learning more about this and working with you all to really get down to those root causes, to make sure that all Kentuckians have access to be healthy.”  

Making America Healthy Again not only has bipartisan support it is supported by Frontline Doctors and patients throughout the United States.

For more information and a detailed family plan to ensure you and your family stays ahead of your health schedule an appointment with Frontline Doctors today.