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Proposed Changes To State Health Insurance Programs Face Fight

Aug 17th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health

A nonprofit health care advocacy group is protesting potential changes to Utah’s public health insurance programs that it says could limit coverage choices for low-income families.
The state Health Department is asking for a waiver from the federal government that would seek three major policy changes. Prompted by House Bill 133 from this year’s Legislature, the [...]



Schools Working To Counter Fast Food Risk

May 6th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Foods

At the school, all is good, and green. Their hands caked in dirt, giggling students plant seedlings in their new garden.
But outside Sheppard Elementary School in Roseland, temptation awaits: a dozen vendors line the sidewalks, ringing bells to signal a bounty of soda, candy, ice cream, and the increasingly popular snack, Cheetos “Flaming Hot with [...]