Day: September 20, 2012
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Doctor complaints about bill aimed at reducing prescription drug abuse largely based on misconceptions, health officials say
State health officials say doctors’ complaints about House Bill 1, which cracks down on pill mills and doctors who supply the illegal prescription pill trade, result from misunderstandings and misconceptions about the...
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Republicans reject governor’s executive order creating health benefits exchange; move is only symbolic for now
Republican legislators voted yesterday against Gov. Steve Beshear’s executive order creating the Kentucky Health Benefits Exchange, required by federal health reform. Sen. David Givens of Greensburg offered a motion to...