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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Hike in health insurance premiums due to rising health costs, not reform law, FactCheck.org concludes

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Health insurance premiums for employer-sponsored family plans shot up by 9 percent from 2010 to 2011, but the bulk of the hike is due to the...

Haven't quit smoking, lost weight? Pay more for health insurance, more companies say

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In an effort to keep health-care costs down, companies across the country, including Walmart , are opting to charge workers who smoke or are...
Monday, October 31, 2011

State's Medicaid program will be handled by managed care companies starting tomorrow

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Update, Nov. 1: Kentucky Voices for Health , a coalition of more than 250 health care organizations, individuals and advocates, released its...

Most beverage companies targeting kids, teens even more to sell sugary drinks, despite pledges; Pepsi an exception

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A study analyzing the marketing practices for 600 products made by 14 companies found there is more advertising of sugary drinks to children...

Cyber predators have easier access to children because of phones, video games

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Child predators have it easier than ever to entice their young victims, due to the ever-growing accessibility of the Internet. "It'...

Brain-injured man disappeared when home staff wasn't looking

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On the day of his disappearance, a resident of a personal-care home who was found dead four weeks later had not been checked on by staff for...
Friday, October 28, 2011

Kentucky court hearing more than 100 cases about drug that caused heart arrhythmia

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More than 100 lawsuits filed by people who say they or their family members were hurt by Darvon, Darvocet or other drugs that contain the in...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

Giuliani backs P'Pool, citing attorney general candidate's opposition to health-care reform law

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Republican Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City and presidential candidate in 2007-08, has endorsed GOP nominee Todd P'Pool in t...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

What would solve primary-care crisis, create jobs and help banks? Building community health centers, writer contends

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The federal health-care reform law will mean a glut of new patients who will be newly insured and bog down the primary-care system. Thousand...

Boys should get HPV vaccine to keep from spreading virus

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A federal committee has recommended that boys receive the human papilloma virus vaccine, already recommended for girls, to fight the sexuall...

PIkeville Medical Center agrees to pay $36,000 to settle claim that it improperly billed Medicare

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Pikeville Medical Center has agreed to pay more than $36,000, but does not have to admit any wrongdoing, to settle a lawsuit that accused i...

Jury tells nursing home to pay $1 million to former resident

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A Fayette County jury has decided that Lexington's Cambridge Place Nursing Home will have to pay more than $1 million in damages to a f...