Health Care

Policies Addressing Kentucky’s Underlying Health Challenges Could Better Prepare Us for Public Health Crises, Like COVID-19

As a result of factors contributing to the state’s poor health, Kentucky is especially vulnerable to the health and economic...

States and Cities Scramble Amid Virus ‘Chaos’ in Washington

States and Cities Scramble Amid Virus 'Chaos' in Washington By Alex Ebert, Joyce Cutler and Keshia Clukey

Analysis

Paid Sick Leave Legislation Would Protect Health and Promote Economic Security

The COVID-19 pandemic is illustrating why Kentuckians must be able to stay home from work when they are sick. When people don’t have access to paid sick leave, the negative...

Analysis

Kentucky Response to COVID-19: Inadequate Rainy Day Fund Heightens Need for Federal Aid and More State Revenue

States set aside rainy day funds to draw on when economic downturns or crises hit. Governor Beshear may well need to tap the state’s rainy day fund to deal with...

Analysis

Kentucky Response to COVID-19: Protect State Economy Through Improved Unemployment Insurance

The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked concerns about an economic slowdown resulting from widespread shutdowns in the global economy, and recent cancellations of large events in the United States. Continued economic...

Analysis

HB 21 Would Protect Kentuckians with Preexisting Conditions If ACA Protections Lost

Nearly 1.8 million Kentuckians have a preexisting health condition that, if it were not for specific protections in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), could lead to them being denied coverage,...

Gov. Beshear Urges Kentucky Employers to Offer Paid Sick Leave Amid Coronavirus Concerns

Gov. Beshear Urges Kentucky Employers to Offer Paid Sick Leave Amid Coronavirus Concerns By Alfred Miller

Analysis

State Policy Decisions Hinder Kentucky’s Readiness for Coronavirus

As fears rise about coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States, state policy choices create a context that either limits or enables harm and disruption from its potential spread. In Kentucky,...

Analysis

Bill Capping Insulin Prices Would Help Many Thousands of Kentuckians With Diabetes

House Bill 12 is a much-needed bill to help reduce insulin costs for some of the 442,500 Kentuckians with diabetes. Under the bill, cost sharing for insulin could not exceed...

Op-Ed

Medicaid Is Foundational for Kentucky’s Health

Health coverage is foundational to good health and in Kentucky, no single insurer is as foundational as Medicaid. In a very real way, Medicaid is for all of us; From...

Policies Addressing Kentucky’s Underlying Health Challenges Could Better Prepare Us for Public Health Crises, Like COVID-19

States and Cities Scramble Amid Virus ‘Chaos’ in Washington

Paid Sick Leave Legislation Would Protect Health and Promote Economic Security

Kentucky Response to COVID-19: Inadequate Rainy Day Fund Heightens Need for Federal Aid and More State Revenue

Kentucky Response to COVID-19: Protect State Economy Through Improved Unemployment Insurance

HB 21 Would Protect Kentuckians with Preexisting Conditions If ACA Protections Lost

Gov. Beshear Urges Kentucky Employers to Offer Paid Sick Leave Amid Coronavirus Concerns

State Policy Decisions Hinder Kentucky’s Readiness for Coronavirus

Bill Capping Insulin Prices Would Help Many Thousands of Kentuckians With Diabetes

Medicaid Is Foundational for Kentucky’s Health

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