Tag: economy
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Baptist Health is first stand-alone health provider to become founding partner of Shaping our Appalachian Region effort
Baptist Health has become the first stand-alone health-care provider to sign on as a founding partner in Shaping Our Appalachian Region, an initiative to improve the economy of Eastern Kentucky....
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Study of poor but healthy Appalachian counties aims to find community-based approaches to improving the region’s health
Though some people equate Appalachian areas with poverty, David Krol seeks to “shine a light” on a different picture—one that reflects “how health can flourish across Appalachia,” despite data that...
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Reform law’s backers say it boosts economy by freeing ‘job lock;’ foes cite estimate that it will make some drop out of job market
As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s second enrollment period gets underway, supporters of the law say it boosts the economy by creating an affordable, accessible insurance market that’s...
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Claims that health-reform law is putting Kentuckians out of work don’t hold up to scrutiny, economic experts say
“Key Republicans running for election Nov. 4 say the federal Affordable Care Act is putting Kentuckians out of work, but employment data and interviews with Kentucky-based economists suggest otherwise,” John...
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Grimes and McConnell lay out differences on health reform
By Al Cross and Megan Ingros Kentucky Health News U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell kept attacking federal health-care reform and challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes gave her strongest defense of it yet...
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‘Hard times’ help 13 more schools in Paducah area join about 20 in federal program that gives free meals to all students
Thirteen more schools in the Paducah area will offer free breakfasts and lunches to all students under a provision of the federal school-lunch program, joining about 20 others in the...
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Kentucky ranks 49th in well-being survey, and Eastern Kentucky’s congressional district ranks last in the nation
Kentucky ranked 49th in the nation in a survey that measures perception of well-being, ranking higher than West Virginia and lower than Mississippi, and its 5th Congressional District ranked dead...
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Tobacco is top target in Beshear’s health plans, but he still praises expansion of plant that makes smokeless tobacco
Gov. Steve Beshear says tobacco is the main cause of Kentuckians’ relatively poor health, which he is pushing to improve, but on Feb. 27 “his tone shifted as he praised...
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Kids Count shows Ky. tops in smoking by pregnant mothers, has a wide range of local data about children’s well-being
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The annual Kids Count report on children’s well-being, released Tuesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Kentucky Youth Advocates, says the state leads the...
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Watch out for specious claims about health-reform law in highly politicized debate; Sen. Paul among those found off base
The biggest story in the state and nation is about to be Tuesday’s opening of online health-insurance marketplaces, or exchanges, under the federal health reform law. “Obamacare” has been politicized...