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Most who would benefit from insurance exchanges under health reform knew nothing about them last fall
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will affect millions of Americans, especially those in rural areas. But many are not prepared...
Foundation breaks down poll by region to show differences among Kentuckians' views on health topics and issues
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has released regional breakdowns of the Kentucky Health Issues Poll, conducted for it and the Health ...
Fewer families report having trouble paying medical bills; near-poor struggle more than poor families
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Health Care Costs,
health insurance,
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poverty
Poll shows strong support for medical marijuana in Kentucky
Poll shows health care costs are a burden for many Kentuckians
A recent statewide survey shows health-care costs are a burden for many Kentuckians, especially for those who are poor and don't have in...
Kentuckians tell pollsters they are concerned about air quality, but don't seem to put their concern into action
Most Kentucky adults don't know that drug overdose is the leading cause of death in the state, but those in the east do
Poll shows Kentucky health-care providers often fail to discuss HIV testing with patients
Kentucky's well-being ranks next to last, just above West Virginia
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health rankings,
health status,
physical activity,
poll
Survey suggests Great Recession has harmed the health of Kentuckians
Poll finds four out of five Kentuckians are comfortable seeing a nurse practitioner or physician assistant for routine care
28% of Ky. adults 18-64 say they lack health coverage; 41% lacked it sometime in last year; employer coverage down since '08
Ky. parents strongly favor increasing school dropout age, a step that could make future high-school students healthier
A statewide poll has found that Kentucky parents overwhelmingly favor increasing the state’s school dropout age, and doing so might help fut...
Poll shows registered voters in Ky. favor expanding Medicaid
By Molly Burchett and Al Cross Kentucky Health News A statewide poll last month found that most registered voters in Kentucky, when presente...
Kentuckians think their children's generation will be less healthy and worse off economically than current working-age generation
Forty percent of Kentucky adults think their children's generation will be less healthy than the current generation of working-age Kentu...
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children,
economy,
health status,
poll
Poll shows depth of prescription drug abuse in Kentucky
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Appalachia,
drug abuse,
drugs,
pain,
poll,
prescription drug abuse,
prescription drugs,
research
3 in 5 Kentucky adults favor a statewide smoking ban, according to an independent poll that may have oversampled smokers
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cancer,
cigarettes,
General Assembly,
legislature,
poll,
smoking,
smoking ban,
tobacco,
tobacco prevention
Many Ky. parents don't realize children are overweight, or won't acknowledge it, but many report kids' poor health behavior
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child obesity,
childhood obesity,
children,
children's health,
exercise,
food,
nutrition,
poll,
screen time,
sleep,
soda,
soft drinks,
sugar
Kentucky parents' overall perception of Kentucky children's health doesn't match the statistics, foundation survey finds
Many Kentucky parents' perception of their children's health doesn't match statistics, suggesting that many health problems are ...
Health care is strong second to economy among concerns of Ky. registered voters; candidates compared on handling of issues
Health care ranks high among the concerns of Kentucky voters, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll taken for the Foundation ...
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economy,
education,
elections,
federal budget,
health reform,
politics,
poll,
reproductive health,
women
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By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Part of the sales pitch for the federal health-care reform law was that people could keep their do...
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Many hunter-gatherer groups employed various methods of drying to preserve meats. Drying also increases significantly the protein content ... -
I've read a number of reports in recent days gushing over the progress Covered California is making leading the nation in signing up peo...
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Responding to a letter from Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform , which cited a low ranking for the state's nursing homes, Gov. Steve B...
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Obamacare is impacting the small group insurance market in many of the same ways as the individual health insurance market. While employers ...
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I think you can guess who said that. Actually, here is what the President said at the American Medical Association Meeting in July, 2009––an...
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The title of this post is the exact title of a recent editorial in the American Journal of Cardiology ( 1 ). Investigators calculated the ...
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Gov. Steve Beshear continues to be a major national cheerleader for the federal health-reform law, citing Kentucky examples in an op-ed piec...
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Almost a fourth of the inmates in Kentucky's prisons and jails have a mental-health issue, and it's part of a growing national probl...
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Humana , one of the three insurance companies offering individual health policies on the state's insurance exchange, will allow Kentuck...
