How healthy is living Kentucky – consistently ranked in the bottom 20 percent of states – is ranked 44th in the United Health Foundation's 2012 comparison of health status across the 50 states.
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See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on Kentucky.State snapshot too large? Get county-by-county health rankings for Kentucky, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Population Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin.
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IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting in 2010, Kentucky started offering health care insurance coverage to residents through the federally established temporary high-risk pool program. To find out more about Kentucky's participation, click here.
Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state to state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the pool to keep it in the black. In the best cases, they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Read more about risk pools here.
The Foundation for Health Coverage Education's mission is to provide simplified public and private health insurance
eligibility information in order to help more people access coverage.
Here is its guide on how to find health insurance in Kentucky.
Kentucky Health Care Reform — The Kentucky Department of Insurance is working to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Kentucky State Publications on Health Insurance — Brings you down to the health insurance section.
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services — The health insurance section of the official state site.
Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare — A coalition of individuals and organizations working to pass universal, single payer health insurance as embodied in the plan of the Physicians for a National Health Program and in HR 676, the Medicare for All legislation, sponsored by Congressman John Conyers.
State-specfic information on the Physicans National Health Program in Kentucky.
The Affordable Care Act: Immediate Benefits for Kentucky -- How the Affordable Health Care act will improve the lives of people living in Kentucky.
Why health care reform is important to Kentucky -- This 2009 document by the AARP provides a compelling case f for health reform in Kentucky.
The Benefits of Health Reform In Kentucky -- The Democratic Policy Committee of the United States Senate looks at benefits of health reform for the citizens of Kentucky.
Kentucky mental health resource guide, offered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Government.
The National Coalition on Health Care's information for Kentucky -- America's oldest, most diverse, and broadest based group working to achieve comprehensive health system reform.

1/19/2011--Passed House amended. Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act. Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions. [more]
Kentucky's exchange
Find out what your state's health insurance exchange will look like.
$15.3 million to 249,275 families
Insurance companies were forced to return an average of $114 per family in 2012.
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02/23/2013 7:02 PM
Live Insurance News — The state established the Office of the Kentucky Health Benefits Exchange, with 30 employees, hundreds of contractors, and an annual budget of $40 million. About 600,000 people are expected to gain coverage through Kentucky’s exchange.
09/27/2012 5:09 PM
WEKU Radio — The 19-member board is just getting started after the exchange was established by a July executive order.
09/20/2012 5:09 PM
The Courier-Journal — During a hearing to discuss the state’s exchange, Republican committee members passed a motion challenging Gov. Steve Beshear’s establishment of a health insurance exchange. Democrats walked out of the hearing prior to the vote.
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Health insurance companies in Kentucky.
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Find licensed physicians near you. Each state is home to organizations that can help you find and research physicians, offering online information about a physician's license, schooling, practice information and more.
Kentucky Licensee SearchResources for those individuals seeking health care insurance in Kentucky. If you are looking for Kentucky Medicare, visit our site for health insurance over 65.
How Kentucky would fare
Kentucky could lose if important protections are undone.
healthreformvotes.org
Your members of the Kentucky Congressional delegation voted on health care reform.