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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...
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Poll analysis indicates Kentucky has the largest percentage of people who have gained health coverage under Obamacare

Unknown 4:34 PM health insurance, health reform, insurance coverage, obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, polls
Kentucky has the nation's highest percentage of formerly uninsured people who have gained coverage under federal health reform, accordin...
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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...
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Weekly paper in Carter County runs voluntary-response survey about statewide smoking ban, finds slim majority in favor

Unknown 1:37 PM community journalism, General Assembly, legislation, legislature, newspapers, polls, public opinion, rural journalism, smoking, smoking ban, smoking bans, tobacco
Wikipedia map: Carter County The Journal-Times , the weekly newspaper in Carter County, is running an online "poll" of reader opi...
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Low-income smokers have a harder time quitting, which helps explain why Kentucky leads the nation in smoking

Unknown 4:22 PM cigarette tax, polls, poverty, smoking, smoking cessation, tobacco, tobacco prevention
Lower-income smokers have a harder time quitting than health-conscious middle- and upper-class Americans, Keith Humphreys reports for The W...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky lists 2014 grants

Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky lists 2014 grants
Unknown 3:21 PM children's health, county health departments, foundations, health journalism, lobbying, managed care, Medicaid, philanthropy, polls
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has provided more than $1.3 million in 2014 for community programs, polling and policy initiatives to...
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In Senate race, McConnell and Grimes differ on health care

In Senate race, McConnell and Grimes differ on health care
Unknown 7:22 AM elections, health insurance, health reform, insurance exchange, obamacare, politics, polls
By Cheyene Miller University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications                The U.S. Senate race between Republican ...
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