Interact for Health CHSS: A great improvement — only 6-10 percent of NKyians uninsured
The 2017 Community Health Status Survey (CHSS) has found that 1 in 10 adults age 18-64* in our region (10…
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U.S. House sends bill ending Medicaid expansion to Senate; Thomas Massie votes against it
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The health-care bill passed Thursday by House Republicans would end the expansion of Medicaid…
Kentucky, surrounding states have fewer companies on government health insurance exchanges
The number of health insurance companies offering subsidized coverage didn’t shrink just in Kentucky, but in most of adjoining states,…
More than 70 percent of Kentucky adults who didn’t have health insurance in early 2016 were working
More than 70 percent of nearly 234,000 Kentucky adults who still didn’t have health insurance in early 2016 said they…
KY Health Issues Poll: Kentuckians split on ACA (also known as Obamacare); 90 percent are insured
The 2016 Kentucky Health Issues Poll (KHIP), conducted by Interact for Health and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, has…
Substance use treatment covered by Medicaid expansion jumped 740 percent in KY in 2.5 years
Treatment services for substance use increased by 740 percent for Medicaid expansion beneficiaries over the 30 months from the beginning…
Bill Straub: Voters in Eastern Kentucky took a gamble on Trump — and may end up paying a steep price
WASHINGTON – It’s beginning to appear that many of the folks residing within the always-stunning hills and hollows of Eastern…
Medicaid expansion results in more Kentuckians obtaining preventative breast cancer screenings
The cost of more than 8,500 breast cancer screenings was covered by the state’s Medicaid expansion during the second quarter…
Small employers in Kentucky aren’t likely to offer health insurance to workers, study says
Most of Kentucky’s small employers don’t offer health insurance, while almost all of the state’s larger employers do, according to…
Report shows children in KY benefit from affordable health care made possible by Medicaid expansion
Children are already reaping the benefits of more Kentucky parents having health insurance due to Medicaid expansion, according to a…
Hispanics, low-income, working Kentuckians more likely to be without insurance, according to report
The 300,000 Kentuckians still without health insurance at the end of 2015, were more likely than their insured counterparts to…
U.S. Justice Department files lawsuits to block sales of Humana, Cigna, citing reduced competition
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed lawsuits to block the sale of Louisville-based Humana Inc. to Aetna Inc. and…
Ky Health Issues Poll shows NKyians have more trouble paying medical bills, favor smoking controls
A report by Interact for Health and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky says more Northern Kentucky respondents described their…
Kentucky uninsured rate drops to 7.5 percent, lower than national average, eight surrounding states
More Kentuckians are gaining health insurance coverage, a trend that has continued since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was implemented…
Kentucky still in bottom of national health ranking but is among states showing greatest improvements
By Melissa Patrick Special to KyForward Kentucky remains in the bottom fourth of a states’ health ranking released Dec. 8,…
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