Author: tara_kaprowy
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Health-related proposals target obesity, smoking; none are expected to pass this session
Though several health-related bills have been introduced in the Kentucky General Assembly, including ones that target smoking and obesity, legislators do not expect sweeping overhauls this year. “I don’t look...
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Skyrocketing prescription drug abuse is subject for examination by Kentucky’s two biggest newspapers
The uphill battle against prescription drug abuse across the state was extensively explored in Kentucky’s two largest newspapers this weekend. In their series titled “Prescription for Tragedy,” which continues today, The...
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18 percent of Kentucky nursing homes had 10 or more deficiencies in July-Sept.; 42 exceeded state average of six
State inspectors found 20 of Kentucky’s nursing homes, 18 percent of the total, had 10 or more deficiencies during the third quarter of 2010. Kentucky nursing homes have an average of...
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Lobbying on bills to require prescriptions for meds like pseudoephedrine intensifies in Kentucky and West Virginia
The lobbying battle over meds and meth is ramping up in Kentucky and West Virginia, with business interests weighing in against it in Kentucky. The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce issued...
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Company to pay $2 million for doctoring Medicaid documents
The company that administers Medicaid for Jefferson and 15 other counties will pay more than $2 million in damages because it falsified documents to get a bonus. AmeriHealth Mercy‘s altered...
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Wal-Mart says it will make store-brand food healthier, cut prices for fruits and vegetables to encourage consumption
Wal-Mart has announced plans to drop its prices on fruit and vegetables and offer packaged foods with lower salt, fat and sugar contents. The company’s efforts are the result of...
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Videos aim to educate policymakers about smoke-free laws
With a statewide smoking ban proposed in the legislature, which reconvenes next week, and local ordinances still being proposed and passed, the Kentucky Center for Smoke-Free Policy has produced eight video...
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McConnell says Senate will vote on repeal of health reform law
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Fox News Sunday that the Senate would somehow vote on whether or not to repeal the health-reform law. McConnell’s Democratic counterpart, Majority Leader Harry...
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Bowling Green schools buy local foods, reap rewards from state
Bowling Green Independent Schools are working with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and nearby farms and purveyors to offer locally grown food in their cafeterias, Jenna Mink of the Bowling...
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Williams says he supports a statewide smoking ban
State Senate President David Williams expressed firm support for the proposed statewide smoking ban at the Kentucky Press Association‘s forum for gubernatorial candidates in Louisville Friday. “Secondhand smoke is full of...