Take Care Clinics, offered in participating Walgreens locations, will be offering free services to unemployed people without health insurance for the remainder of the year. Patients will still be required to pay for prescriptions, however Walgreens will cover the cost of routine treatment for minor ailments and will provide tests free of charge. Where uninsured [...]

The Democrats are currently looking at ways to reach a compromise when it comes to health insurance. The private health insurance companies are fearful that if the government offered health plans, the private industry would be driven out of business. Legislators, however, are looking at states which currently have similar programs in place where public [...]

Through funds provided to the state via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Kentucky has extended the deadline for unemployed citizens to receive additional assistance with health insurance. People electing to sign up for COBRA, or Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, the federally provided health insurance program available for people who have been laid off [...]