Tag: poll
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Poll finds many Kentuckians continue to struggle with cost of health care, though fewer are uninsured and struggling
While having health insurance certainly eases the cost burden of health care, nearly one-third of Kentucky adults struggle to pay their medical bills whether they have health insurance or not,...
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85 percent of Kentucky adults want schools to be tobacco-free, but only 28 percent of the state’s school districts are
An overwhelming majority of Kentucky adults, 85 percent, want schools to be tobacco-free, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll. But only 28 percent of the state’s school districts...
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Poll: Most Kentucky adults, especially the poor, say time, money and motivation make it hard to improve their health status
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Regardless of how Kentucky adults describe their health status, almost two-thirds of them said it would be difficult or very difficult to make positive...
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Poll shows 13% of Kentucky adults 18-64 said they were not covered by health insurance last fall; employer coverage drops
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Fewer Kentuckians reported having employer-provided insurance last year while the percentage on public insurance such as Medicaid continued to increase, according to the latest...
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Kentuckians split on policy changes to deter teen tobacco use; split on increasing cigarette tax by $1, OK with raising legal age
When it comes to state policies to discourage smoking, Kentuckians are evenly divided on whether to increase the state’s tax on a pack of cigarettes by $1, but support raising...
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Kentucky leads the nation in percentage reduction of citizens without health insurance, according to Gallup polling
Kentucky and Arkansas continue to lead the nation in reduction of the percentage of their people without health insurance, according to polling by Gallup Inc. They were the only Southern...
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More in state say they know someone hurt by use of heroin, especially in Northern Kentucky
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky chart; click on it for larger version Northern Kentucky is the hotbed of heroin addiction in Kentucky, but use of the narcotic appears to be...
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2/3 of Kentucky adults still support a statewide smoking ban; little change in numbers from last year’s Kentucky Health Issues Poll
Since 2013, two-thirds of Kentucky adults have supported a comprehensive, statewide ban on smoking in workplaces, public buildings, offices, restaurants and bars, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll....
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Most Kentuckians want Medicaid to cover as many people, and say Bevin should leave Kynect alone; advocates hopeful
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A recent poll found that a majority of Kentucky adults want new Gov. Matt Bevin to keep Medicaid as it is rather than change...
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Obamacare still divides Kentuckians, but opinion has firmed up; view of its personal impact on them is now even
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentuckians still have a marginally unfavorable opinion of the federal health-reform law, and their views about it have firmed up, according to the latest...