News from the Kentucky Health Insurance Research Project

The Data Briefings series presents findings from a household survey about health insurance and a survey of small businesses conducted for the project by the UK Survey Research Center. As the analysis of data from these surveys unfolds, findings from this ongoing research project will be presented here.

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Data Briefings:

5-Inadequate Income Key Obstacle to Health Insurance
4-More Than Half a Million Working-Age Kentuckians Uninsured for All or Part of Past Year
3-Substantial Portion of Insured, Working-Age Kentuckians Discouraged from Seeking Needed Health Care by Costs
2-Cost a Major Barrier for Kentucky's Uninsured
1-Uninsured Kentuckians Older, Poorer, and More Likely to Be Underemployed than the U.S. Average

Newsletters:

Public Forums Suggest Worsening Problems with Access to Care. (May 2005)
Researchers to Study State's Uninsured, Find Ways to Close Gaps. (January 2005)

Presentations:

Profile of the Uninsured
Costs of Caring for Kentucky’s Uninsured