ACCORDING TO A NEW NATIONAL REPORT……KENTUCKIANS COVERED BY MEDICARE HAVE SOME OF THE WORST HEALTH OUTCOMES AND ACCESS TO CARE IN
THE COUNRTY……
THE FIRST REPORT OF ITS KIND PLACES THE COMMONWEALTH AS THETHIRD WORST STATE FOR MEDICARE PERFORMANCE…..
THE RANKINGS ARE BASED ON ACCESS TO CARE, QUALITY OF CARE, COSTS AND AFFORDABILITY OF CARE AND POPULATION HEALTH IN 20-23 AND 20-24……
MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA WERE THE ONLY STATES RANKED LOWER THAN KENTUCKY ON THESE MEASURES…..WHILE THE BEST PERFORMING STATES
WERE VERMONT, UTAH AND MINNESOTA…….
