Most Kentuckians don't think insurance rates should be higher for the obese, but are divided on increasing smokers' rates

Most Kentuckians don't think insurance rates should be higher for the obese, but are divided on increasing smokers' rates

Unknown 10:51 AM Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, health insurance, obesity, poll, smoking, tobacco

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News By a very small margin, Kentuckians think insurance rates should be higher for smokers if the insura...

Higher-income Kentuckians' reported health keeps declining; reports from those with lower incomes go up, marginally

Higher-income Kentuckians' reported health keeps declining; reports from those with lower incomes go up, marginally

Unknown 8:29 PM Affordable Care Act, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, health, health reform, income, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, poll, polls

A statewide poll again finds that Kentuckians with higher incomes consider themselves in better health than those with lower incomes. The la...

Poll: Ky. parents think children's school lunches are very or somewhat nutritious, but they want more scratch-made options

Poll: Ky. parents think children's school lunches are very or somewhat nutritious, but they want more scratch-made options

Unknown 5:00 AM child obesity, nutrition, poll, school lunch, schools

Kentucky Health News Most Kentucky parents think school lunches are nutritious, but should offer more made from-scratch options, according t...

Kentuckians split on taxing sugary drinks to pay for nutrition and physical-activity programs, but like warning labels for such drinks

Kentuckians split on taxing sugary drinks to pay for nutrition and physical-activity programs, but like warning labels for such drinks

Unknown 8:38 PM physical activity, poll, soda, sugar, survey, taxes

Should soda and other sugary drinks be taxed to fund school nutrition and physical activity programs? Kentucky adults are almost evenly divi...

Most Kentuckians don't communicate with doctors electronically; most are confident about access to pricing information for care

Most Kentuckians don't communicate with doctors electronically; most are confident about access to pricing information for care

Unknown 6:24 AM electronic health records, health costs, poll

Most Kentuckians don't communicate with their doctor electronically, according to the latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll. The poll, take...

Poll illustrates how having insurance and access to a health care provider doesn't mean you can afford the care

Poll illustrates how having insurance and access to a health care provider doesn't mean you can afford the care

Unknown 6:26 AM health care access, health care costs, health insurance, insurance, Medicaid, poll

Just because a person has appropriate access to a health care provider doesn't mean they can afford to pay for their services, according...

Economic upturn boosts share of Kentuckians on employer-based health coverage; health reform boosts number on public plans

Economic upturn boosts share of Kentuckians on employer-based health coverage; health reform boosts number on public plans

Unknown 5:49 AM health insurance, health reform, insurance coverage, Medicaid, Medicare, poll, polls

Half of Kentucky's working-age adults now get health insurance through their employers, up from 37 percent two years ago, reversing a do...

Poll shows more issues with heroin, fewer with pain pills

Poll shows more issues with heroin, fewer with pain pills

Unknown 6:05 AM drug abuse, pain, poll, prescription drug abuse, prescription drugs

The latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll backs up law-enforcement opinion that Kentucky's metropolitan areas are experiencing increased pr...

Almost as many Kentuckians support health reform as oppose it, but half say they don't know how it may affect them

Almost as many Kentuckians support health reform as oppose it, but half say they don't know how it may affect them

Unknown 8:51 AM Affordable Care Act, health insurance, health literacy, health reform, Medicaid, obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, poll, public opinion

By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The federal health-reform law is gaining support from Kentuckians, to the point that th...

1/4 of Ky. adults say they have tried e-cigs; just over half of adults (but not the e-cig users) want them taxed and regulated

1/4 of Ky. adults say they have tried e-cigs; just over half of adults (but not the e-cig users) want them taxed and regulated

Unknown 4:38 PM cigarette tax, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, poll, taxes, tobacco

More than four in 10 Kentucky adults under age 30 have tried electronic cigarettes, and the older and better off economically Kentuckians ar...

Hopkinsville newspaper says it's time for legislators to capitalize on strong public support for a statewide smoking ban

Hopkinsville newspaper says it's time for legislators to capitalize on strong public support for a statewide smoking ban

Unknown 8:32 PM General Assembly, legislation, legislature, poll, smoking ban, smoking bans, tobacco

Noting the results of a poll that show two-thirds of Kentuckians support a statewide ban on smoking in public places, the  Kentucky New Era ...

Two-thirds of Kentuckians support a statewide ban on smoking in most public places; Stumbo says it's time for a House floor vote

Two-thirds of Kentuckians support a statewide ban on smoking in most public places; Stumbo says it's time for a House floor vote

Unknown 5:27 PM cancer, foundations, General Assembly, legislation, legislature, lung cancer, poll, smoking, smoking ban, state government, tobacco

Kentuckians have remained steady in their support for a comprehensive statewide smoking ban with two-thirds supporting it, according to the ...

Kentuckians with health insurance are more likely to have heard about Kynect than those without insurance, poll finds

Kentuckians with health insurance are more likely to have heard about Kynect than those without insurance, poll finds

Unknown 9:07 PM health insurance, insurance exchange, obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, poll

The 10 percent of Kentuckians who remain without health insurance are less likely to have heard much about Kynect, the state health-insuranc...

Exit poll: Half of voters say Kynect works well, but almost as many say Obamacare went too far; 45% favor pot legalization

Exit poll: Half of voters say Kynect works well, but almost as many say Obamacare went too far; 45% favor pot legalization

Unknown 7:54 PM elections, health insurance, health reform, insurance exchange, politics, poll

An exit poll of voters in Tuesday's election showed that half of them thought the state's health-insurance exchange, Kynect, is work...