Tag: General Assembly
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By more than 2-1, Kentuckians support a statewide ban on smoking in most public places, including restaurants and bars
By more than 2 to 1, the heaviest margin ever, Kentucky adults favor a state law to ban smoking in most public places, including restaurants and bars, according to the...
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Kentucky spends less than a penny of its tobacco-settlement money on prevention programs; few states do very much
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News A new report says that 15 years after the 1998 state tobacco settlement, Kentucky ranks 38th in the nation in funding tobacco prevention and...
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Beshear says other governors will follow his lead on Medicaid
Associated Press file photo Gov. Steve Beshear says states that have not expanded the Medicaid program under the federal health-reform law, as he did, will do so in the next...
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Beshear’s office says he is considering ‘various ideas’ for financing Ky. insurance exchange, not just a 1% fee on policies
“Gov. Steve Beshear’s administration is reconsidering how to pay for the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange amid increased criticism from some Republicans in the legislature and a court case challenging a...
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Beshear says Medicaid plan will transform Ky. in a generation; acknowledges it was easier because he wouldn’t face voters
In a generation, Kentucky will be a very different state because the federal health-reform law and expansion of Medicaid has made health insurance available to all residents of the state,...
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Beshear to study nursing-home staffing minimums, suggests homes’ high liability costs are related to poorly ranked care
Responding to a letter from Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform, which cited a low ranking for the state’s nursing homes, Gov. Steve Beshear said he is “committed to taking steps toward...
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Haynes asks hospitals for a truce as they and state work through problems with managed-care Medicaid
Health and Family Services Secretary Audrey Haynes won a smattering of applause from Kentucky hospital officials Thursday as she called for “not a surrender, but a truce” as her cabinet...
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Smokers shouldn’t get Medicaid or Medicare, says freshman Republican lawmaker who grows tobacco
State Rep. Jonathan Shell of Lancaster, a young Republican who grows tobacco, is against a statewide smoking ban. No surprise there, but how about this: He also says people who...
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Northern Kentucky health board supports statewide smoking ban
The main health board in Northern Kentucky, where local smoking bans have stirred much controversy. has endorsed the idea of a statewide ban on smoking in all places of employment....
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Kentucky has nation’s first statewide, comprehensive plan for diabetes prevention; 10 percent of us have the disease
Kentucky leads the way in the fight against diabetes and towards improving health for future generations of Kentuckians by becoming the first state to legislatively require a statewide, comprehensive action...