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Kentucky Voices for Health Issue Briefs
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Expanding Health Coverage in Kentucky: Why It MattersSeptember, 2009 |
Better Health Coverage for Children: Small Changes Mean Big Improvement August, 2008
Two-thirds of children in Kentucky who do not have health coverage (62,500) are eligible but not signed up for the Kentucky Child Health Insurance Program (KCHIP). Small changes in KCHIP could dramatically increase child health coverage in Kentucky and reduce health costs associated with providing care to uninsured children.
The Price of Smoking: Case for Increasing Kentucky’s Cigarette Tax February, 2008
Raising Kentucky’s cigarette tax closer to the national average will reduce youth smoking by over 17%, reduce future smoking related deaths by over 27,800, save over $1.3 billion in long-term smoking related costs, and increase state revenue by over $240 million per year.
Kentucky Health Issues Poll
- What Kentuckians Think About Their Own Health Status: Less than half of Kentuckians rate their health as excellent or very good.
- What Kentuckians Think About Health Issues in the 2008 Presidential Election: Reducing health care and insurance costs is top issue.
- What Kentuckians Think About the State of the State and Policy: Over 90% rank reducing the number of uninsured children as top issue facing Kentucky.
Health Coverage and the Uninsured in Kentucky
- Uninsured Kentuckians Older, Poorer, and More Likely to be Underemployed than U. S. Average
- Cost a Major Barrier for Kentucky’s Uninsured
- Substantial Portion of Insured, Working-Age Kentuckians Discouraged from Seeking Needed Health Care by Costs
- More Than Half a Million Working-Age Kentuckians Uninsured for All or Part of Past Year
- Average Cost of Employer-Based Health Insurance in Kentucky
- Kentucky Medicaid-Reports by Health Management Associates
Health Status and Health Services in Kentucky
- Kentucky Health Care Market Report-2007
- Kentucky County Health Profiles
- Kaiser State Health Facts: Overview of Kentucky health facts and how Kentucky compares with other states on:
- Health costs
- Health coverage and the uninsured
- Managed care and health insurance
- Medicaid & SCHIP
- Medicare
- Minority health
- Provider and service use
- Women’s health
- Kentucky Department of Public Health Data Warehouse: Data from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, which includes:
- Epidemiology reports
- Health status of Kentuckians
- HIV-AIDS data
- Health services utilization reports
- Vital statistics reports
Kentucky Demographic/Economic Data
State Programs That Provide Health Coverage in Kentucky
- Medicaid (for Kentuckians meeting income guidelines)
- Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP)
- Kentucky Access (for individuals with high-cost health conditions)
- ICARE (for small businesses)
Voluntary Programs to Help the Uninsured
Research Links
- State Health Facts
- Kentucky Legislative Research Commission Reports
- Kentucky Long-Term Policy and Research Center
- Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
- Public Welfare Foundation
- The Commonwealth Fund
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- National Governors Association
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Families USA
- Stand Up For Health Care
Featured Resources
Kentuckyhealthfacts.org is sponsored by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. The aim is to provide ready access to key health data for Kentucky communities. On the home page, you’ll find a Kentucky map. Click your county!
Statehealthfacts.org can help you find how Kentucky compares with other states on a wide range of health statistics, such as the prevalence of health conditions, the number of uninsured, state health spending and private health premium costs. It's a great site to learn what's happening in health care in Kentucky and the rest of the country.
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