Tag: Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
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Kentuckians on public insurance such as Medicaid used ERs more often after full implementation of the Affordable Care Act
Use of emergency rooms was expected to decrease after the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but it rose among people with public insurance such as Medicaid,...
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Poll finds that most Kentucky adults have access to healthy foods, but most also don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables daily
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most Kentucky adults don’t eat enough fruits or vegetables every day, even though most of them say they have easy access to them, according...
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Poll finds that 22 percent of Kentucky adults say they delay or forgo health care due to cost
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two in 10 Kentucky adults continue to report that someone in their household has delayed or skipped needed medical care because of cost, according...
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Ky. uninsured rate has dropped significantly under Obamacare, but many struggle with maintaining stable coverage
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many more Kentuckians have health insurance because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but more than one in five Kentucky adults under...
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Most adults on Medicaid qualify because Ky. expanded program; at risk as Republicans in Congress work to replace Obamacare
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More than three-fourths of Kentucky adults on Medicaid were eligible only because Kentucky expanded its Medicaid program in 2014, according to a study done...
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Most Kentuckians support raising the age to buy tobacco to 21; studies say this would decrease youth and adult smoking rates
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News If increasing the minimum legal age from 18 to 21 to buy tobacco products would help decrease the smoking rate in Kentucky and the...
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Foundation asks Congress to consider that 70 percent of Kentuckians without health insurance are working
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky had the largest percentage decline in its uninsured population from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. But 234,000 Kentuckians still don’t have...
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1/4 of Kentucky adults, 2/5 of those 18-45, have used e-cigs
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One in four Kentucky adults have ever tried electronic cigarettes, with the largest percentage of those reporting use between the ages of 18 and...
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In state Trump won in a landslide after pledging Obamacare repeal, fewer than 1 in 5 said they feared losing coverage
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fewer than one in five Kentucky adults who have health insurance were concerned about losing their coverage in the weeks after Gov. Matt Bevin...
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Obesity is top health concern for children, cancer the biggest concern for adults in the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll
Kentucky adults said cancer is the top health concern for both men and women in the Commonwealth, while obesity is the top concern for children, according to the latest Kentucky...