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  • Eastern Kentucky town shows what health legislation can't fix 19 Nov 2009 07:57 GMT
    ... this town of 4,800, nestled in eastern Kentucky's mountains, you can see one of the ... blood sugar level. "It didn't take much medication, it didn't take much health care" to ... the poverty line, and are covered by Medicaid or Medicare, but May says they frequently ...

  • Kicking butts: Smokeout aimed at helping smokers drop cigarettes 19 Nov 2009 05:14 GMT
    ... smoking cessation program that includes tobacco cessation medications and counseling. The American Lung Association has ... and has served as president of the Kentucky ALA board. She currently is serving on ... urge all 50 states to provide all Medicaid recipients and state employees with comprehensive, easily ...

  • State must fix budget woes 20 Nov 2009 12:14 GMT
    ... to local leaders Likening the state of Kentucky's budget woes to a leaking bucket, the ... 174 percent since 2000; the cost of Medicaid, which has increased by 67 percent in ... to reclassify its offenses, increase funding for drug treatment for addicted inmates since drugs are ...

  • Health Highlights: Nov. 19, 2009 19 Nov 2009 18:11 GMT
    ... said Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. The bill needs 60 votes to move ... health-care bill. FDA Sends Warning Letters to Drug Web Sites Warnings about the illegal sale ... ordered by doctors caring for Medicare and Medicaid patients to protect themselves from lawsuits, the ...

  • Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials 20 Nov 2009 02:54 GMT
    ... the threat of medical malpractice lawsuits, fight Medicaid and Medicare fraud and provide for screening ... decision to allow the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco. Indoor smoking bans ... in Ashland and a number of other Kentucky cities, to a statewide ban like the ...

  • Coffin nails: State smoking worst 19 Nov 2009 05:20 GMT
    ... Virginia (26.6 percent), Indiana (26.1 percent) and Kentucky (25.3 percent). ... Home exposure [to second-hand ... Smoking rates among low-income adults enrolled in Medicaid programs are much higher than the general ... addictive as heroin. Tobacco companies are basically drug pushers, because their profits depend on getting ...

  • Hedge Fund Third Point Buys Popular Inc., Transdigm Group Inc., Health Net Inc., Sells Guaranty Fin Group, Yahoo, Inc., Legg Mason, Inc. 18 Nov 2009 03:16 GMT
    ... to individuals through group, individual, Medicare risk, Medicaid and TRICARE programs. Health Net Inc. has ... Shield licensee for Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia ... the first and only long-acting atypical antipsychotic medication approved for use in schizophrenia, and marketed ...

  • Health Care Bill Clears First Senate Hurdle 22 Nov 2009 02:24 GMT
    ... The Republican leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said the vote was anything but procedural ... help her state cover its costs under Medicaid, the state-federal health care program for the ... patients electing to undergo cosmetic surgery and drug makers. The Topix forum is an opportunity ...

  • Full-scale debate on health set 22 Nov 2009 05:45 GMT
    ... The Republican leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said the vote was anything but procedural, ... help her state cover its costs under Medicaid, the state-federal health care program for the ... patients electing to undergo cosmetic surgery and drug-makers. ...

  • Historic Health Care Bill Nears Key Senate Vote 21 Nov 2009 21:37 GMT
    ... the Republican leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. "Americans know that a vote to proceed ... help her state cover its costs under Medicaid, the state-federal health care program for the ... patients electing to undergo cosmetic surgery and drug makers. ...

  • WV WORST LIST: Smoking Rate Highest In Mountain State 20 Nov 2009 05:54 GMT
    ... Virginia (26.6 percent), Indiana (26.1 percent) and Kentucky (25.3 percent). ... Home exposure [to second-hand ... Smoking rates among low-income adults enrolled in Medicaid programs are much higher than the general ... heroin. They said tobacco companies are basically drug pushers, because their profits depend on getting ...

  • Broward's pill mills: Clinics multiply, drug overdoses climb 15 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
    ... by the thousands, narcotics investigators say, from Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Massachusetts and other states. ... in just the past year, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration estimates. Broward alone has 89 ... failure to provide patient records to justify Medicaid claims. He also had to repay Medicaid ...

  • GlaxoSmithKline Scores a Big Win in Drug Pricing Fraud Trial 17 Nov 2009 06:12 GMT
    ... the tide turned against states in their drug pricing suits against Big Pharma? Last month, ... been found liable for overcharging the state Medicaid system for drugs. Now comes word that ... had been on a losing streak in Kentucky before the GSK verdict. In October in ...

  • Eastern Kentucky town shows what health care legislation can't fix 17 Nov 2009 13:51 GMT
    ... the Little Flower Clinic down by the Kentucky River in one of Hazard's poorer neighborhoods. ... blood sugar level. "It didn't take much medication, it didn't take much health care" to ... the poverty line, and are covered by Medicaid or Medicare, but May says they frequently ...

  • U.S. Adult Smoking Rates Remain Stalled 15 Nov 2009 10:11 GMT
    ... Virginia (26.6 percent), Indiana (26.1 percent), and Kentucky (25.3 percent) and lowest in Utah (9.2 ... vs. 19 percent), and that only 6 Medicaid programs provided full access to all proven ... Because access to tobacco cessation treatments (FDA-approved medications and counseling) has been shown to help ...


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