Foundation for a Healthy Ky. to have new direction and focus, new CEO Ben Chandler says in announcing new board members

The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky will take a new direction under Ben Chandler, its new president and CEO, Chandler said in announcing n...

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Study finds Kentuckians on Medicaid expansion make heavy use of preventive screenings

Kentuckians covered by Medicaid through its expansion in 2014 are using their preventive screening benefits more than the traditional Medica...

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Study finds 78 percent of Kentuckians on Medicaid have coverage through expansion, most of them young adults

Medicaid covered almost 636,000 adult Kentuckians in the second quarter of this year, with the great majority of enrollees covered under Med...

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Study finds Medicaid is paying for more emergency-room visits while charity care and self-pay visits drop

Emergency room visits have remained fairly steady in Kentucky since 2012, but have increasingly been covered by Medicaid since the implement...

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Kentuckians are likely to need help signing up for health insurance on the federal exchange, especially in east and south

Kentuckians looking for a 2017 health plan on the federal exchange will likely need some help signing up, if a study of last year's need...

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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky announces four new members for its Community Advisory Committee

The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky announced four new members of its Community Advisory Committee Monday, Nov. 14. The 31-member committ...

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Many Kentuckians still defer or delay health care and prescription medications due to cost

One in five Kentuckians aged 18 to 65 are delaying medical care or going without it due to cost, according to a study done for the  Foundati...

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Kentuckians who work for small employers in the state aren't likely to be offered health insurance; most large employers do

Most of Kentucky's small employers don't offer health insurance, while almost all of the state's larger employers do, according ...

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