Tag: lobbying

Nursing-home industry cited as example of how campaign-funding lobbying interests get what they want from General Assembly

Lobbying groups’ political action committees gave almost 40 percent of the money that the campaign committees of the legislature’s party caucuses received in the last 18 months, Tom Loftus reports...

By Al Cross July 6, 2014 YOUR HEALTH
Altria, parent of Philip Morris, reports spending most on lobbying the 2014 legislature but says it didn’t fight smoking ban

The parent firm of the nation’s largest cigarette company again reported spending more than anyone else on lobbying the Kentucky General Assembly, but says it did not fight the bill...

By Al Cross June 13, 2014 YOUR HEALTH
Activist seeking stronger rules on reporting health-care infections says industry lobbyists misled legislative committee to kill bill

“Health-care industry witnesses appeared to have presented incorrect information” to the House Health and Welfare Committee in speaking March 6 against House Bill 460, which would require all health-care facilities...

By Al Cross March 17, 2014 YOUR HEALTH
Foes of bill to raise truck weight limits raise safety concerns

The state House is considering a Senate bill that would allow trucks hauling poultry, other livestock and agricultural products to carry 88,000 pounds instead of the current 80,000. The Kentucky...

By Al Cross February 24, 2014 YOUR HEALTH
Smoking ban has ‘around 50’ votes in House, sponsor says

UPDATE, Friday, Feb. 21: The bill has still not come to a vote. House Speaker Greg Stumbo said Thursday it had less than half of the 20 Republican votes needed...

By Al Cross February 18, 2014 YOUR HEALTH
Bill to create panels to review medical-malpractice lawsuits passes Senate committee

UPDATE, Feb. 20: The Senate passed the bill 23-13, but House Speaker Greg Stumbo said he does not expect it to make any progress in the House. By Melissa Patrick...

By Melissa Patrick February 13, 2014 YOUR HEALTH
Hospitals, doctors, Chamber join nursing homes’ lobbying for panels to make initial reviews of medical malpractice lawsuits

Under fresh pressure from a coalition of health care and business groups, state lawmakers are discussing the long-lobbied idea to submit medical-malpractice lawsuits to review panels that could give initial...

By melissa_landon January 27, 2014 YOUR HEALTH
Beshear promises plan to make Kentucky healthier, including smoking ban and goal to reduce state smoking rate to 10%

Beshear speaks, Stivers listens By Al Cross Kentucky Health News A healthier Kentucky was a big part of Gov. Steve Beshear’s agenda as he delivered his State of the Commonwealth...

By Al Cross January 8, 2014 YOUR HEALTH
Leaders in Medicaid, public health and advocacy entering UK College of Public Health Hall of Fame

The father of Kentucky’s Medicaid program, the co-author of a popular smoking-cessation program and a leading advocate for mental health and the disabled will join the University of Kentucky College of...

By Melissa Patrick October 2, 2013 YOUR HEALTH
National magazine looks at drug companies’ efforts to stop anti-methamphetamine bills, especially in Kentucky

In a strong piece of investigative reporting for Mother Jones magazine, largely about Kentucky, freelancer Jonah Engle delves into the history of how making methamphetamine became a simple task via...

By Al Cross August 19, 2013 YOUR HEALTH