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KVH Says Statewide Smoke-free Policy Necessary to Improve Health of All Kentuckians - Jan 19th, 2012
KVH expresses support for statewide smoke-free policy

Health Care Consumers Must Understand Reform - Jan 12th, 2012
KVH Board Member Col Owens and Executive Director Jodi Mitchell were featured in a guest column on consumer involvement in health reform in the January 12 edition of The Cincinnati Enquirer.

Poll: Most Kentuckians Favor Statewide Smoking Ban - Dec 20th, 2011
New poll finds 54 percent of Kentuckians support a statewide smoking ban.

Report: Kentucky's Slow Drag on Kicking the Habit - Dec 19th, 2011
Kentucky Voices for Health member Betsy Janes, of the the American Lung Association of Kentucky, and KVH Executive Director Jodi Mitchell, are featured in a news story on Kentucky's challenges in providing smoking cessation programs.

New Report Finds Kentucky Smoking Cessation Efforts Lacking - Dec 11th, 2011
New American Lung Association report finds Kentucky's smoking cessation efforts are lacking.

National Report: Kentucky Ranks 36th in Protecting Kids from Tobacco - Dec 1st, 2011
A new report demonstrates that Kentucky needs to do more to prevent children from smoking.

Kentucky Continues to Provide Health Insurance to Children at a Rate Higher than the National Average - Nov 29th, 2011
New report finds that Kentucky continues to cover children with health insurance at a rate well above the national average.

Kentucky Implements Medicaid Managed Care Plan - Nov 1st, 2011
540,000 Kentuckians on Medicaid switched to privately-managed health plans

Congressional Testimony of Kentuckian Highlights Importance of SSI for Children with Disabilities - Oct 31st, 2011
A Kentucky mother testifies about the importance of SSI for children with disabilities.

Smoke-Free Environments Improve the Health of Kentuckians - Oct 19th, 2011
Kentucky Voices for Health supports smoke-free policies to enable Kentuckians to breath clean air and work in healthier environments.

Medicaid Managed Care Implementation Extended Until Nov. 1 - Sep 19th, 2011
CHFS Secretary Janie Miller announced that the implementation date for Medicaid Managed Care, targeted for Oct. 1, 2011, will be extended one month.

Getting Millions Insured is Job #1 for New Health Coalition - Sep 19th, 2011
KVH is part of Enroll America--a new coalition to get Americans covered by health insurance.

New Census Data On Uninsured in Kentucky - Sep 15th, 2011
New census data show the percent of the population that is uninsured in Kentucky is below the national average.

Kentucky Voices for Health Encouraged by Launch of "Enroll America" - Sep 14th, 2011
Enroll America is launched to promote health coverage enrollment for the uninsured.

KY Group: Collaborating Care Improves Health Outcomes - Aug 29th, 2011
Kentucky Voices for Health is featured in a Public News Service article on the health quality conference KVH hosted on August 24th.

Kentucky Voices for Health Co-Hosts Health Quality Collaborative Conference - Aug 24th, 2011
Kentucky healthcare advocates and organizations will attend a Kentucky Health Quality Collaborative Conference in Frankfort, KY on Wednesday, August 24 to discuss ways to improve the health of all Kentuckians.

Kentucky’s Smoking Cessation Efforts Highlighted - Aug 19th, 2011
Kentucky's smoking cessation efforts were noted in a recent Courier-Journal article.

KIDS COUNT Reveals More Kentucky Children in Poverty - Aug 17th, 2011
New KIDS COUNT report ranks Kentucky 41st among the states for child well-being.

Kentucky Receives Federal Grant to Strengthen Public Health Efforts - Aug 17th, 2011
Kentucky will receive more than $815,000 in grants under the Affordable Care Act to perform critical epidemiology and laboratory work and to detect and prevent healthcare-associated infections.

Kentucky Receives $7.6 Million Grant to Establish A Health Insurance Exchange - Aug 15th, 2011
Kentucky will receive $7,670,803 under the Affordable Care Act to establish a Health Insurance Exchange.