Tag: economy
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Kentucky poverty rate is fifth highest in U.S., but a larger share of Kentuckians had health insurance in 2012 than in 2011
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News In 2012, as U.S. incomes remained lower and poverty rates higher than in 2007, the year before the recession, Kentucky poverty rates increased and...
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Survey suggests Great Recession has harmed the health of Kentuckians
A recent poll shows continuation of a trend threatening Kentucky’s overall health: as the number of Kentuckians living in poverty goes up, the percentage of adults who report their health...
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28% of Ky. adults 18-64 say they lack health coverage; 41% lacked it sometime in last year; employer coverage down since ’08
Nearly three in 10 working-age adults in Kentucky are not covered by any form of health insurance, and the number who get health insurance from their employer, or their spouse’s...
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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 Kentuckians, and 61 percent think the newer generation will be worse...
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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 for a Healthy Kentucky. The poll, taken Sept. 20...
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Reports show impact of health-care industry in each of Kentucky’s 120 counties
It’s not often that such detailed data is broken down to the county level, but a new report looks at the economic impact of the local health-care system in each...
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Kentucky hospitals say they gave back $1.67 billion to their communities in 2010, mostly by absorbing losses and bad debts
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News With the downturn in the economy part of the reason, Kentucky’s hospitals say they gave back a whopping $1.67 billion to their communities in...
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Cost of an MRI in America? $1,080. France? $280. Why? providers ‘largely charge what they can get away with’
Why does getting an MRI in the United States cost $1,080 when it only costs $280 in France? The answer comes down to how the prices are set, reports Ezra...
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Recession has hit health departments hard: 23,000 jobs (15%) lost, core funding cut
Funding and job cuts as a result of the economic recession have weakened the impact public health departments have on their communities, says a series of articles published in the...