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		<title>Initiative to legalize marijuana will go to Washington voters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington state lawmakers said Thursday that an initiative to legalize and regulate the recreational use of marijuana will be decided by voters.  If passed, Initiative 502 would make Washington the first state to legalize the recreational use of pot and would place it at odds with federal law, which bans marijuana use of all kinds.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington proposal bans minors from indoor tan beds</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/06/washington-proposal-bans-minors-from-indoor-tan-beds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Washington Senate panel has approved a measure that would prohibit the use of indoor tanning beds by anyone under 18. The Seattle Times says Washington currently has no age restrictions on indoor tanning beds. Some tanning salons require parental consent for children but they are not required to do so by law. Salons would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rooney is tabbed as SJRMC’s new Chief Medical Officer</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/01/rooney-is-tabbed-as-sjrmc%e2%80%99s-new-chief-medical-officer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Michael Rooney has been named Chief Medical Officer at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. Rooney, the first oncologist to open a practice in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley in 1984, will begin the newly formed position at St. Joe’s on April 1. Rooney will continue his part-time medical oncology practice at the hospital. After working for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Survey: Idaho teen violence down, suicide risk up</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/01/survey-idaho-teen-violence-down-suicide-risk-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/01/survey-idaho-teen-violence-down-suicide-risk-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new survey shows physical violence among Idaho students is down from 2009, but more teens report they&#8217;ve seriously considered suicide. The state Department of Education is releasing Wednesday the results of a 2011 survey of high school students. The department gathers the data from students every two years as part of the Idaho Youth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fed judge considers if WA pharmacies must sell Plan B</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/01/fed-judge-considers-if-wa-pharmacies-must-sell-plan-b/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/01/fed-judge-considers-if-wa-pharmacies-must-sell-plan-b/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge in Tacoma is considering whether Washington state can require pharmacies to stock and sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, even in the face of religious objections by druggists who believe they destroy human life. Ralph&#8217;s Thriftway in Olympia and two licensed Washington pharmacists sued the state in 2007, saying that dispensing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council: Idaho has fourth highest suicide rate in U.S.</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/30/idaho-has-fourth-highest-suicide-rate-in-u-s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/30/idaho-has-fourth-highest-suicide-rate-in-u-s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New statistics show that Idaho had the fourth highest suicide rate in the nation in 2009. According to rankings released by the Idaho Council on Suicide Prevention, Idaho had 304 suicides in 2009, for a rate of 19.7 per 100,000 people. The national average was 12 per 100,000.  Idaho went up in the rankings from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>42 Washington state lawmakers ask DEA to reclassify marijuana</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/30/42-washington-state-lawmakers-ask-dea-to-reclassify-marijuana/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/30/42-washington-state-lawmakers-ask-dea-to-reclassify-marijuana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than three dozen Washington state lawmakers are asking the federal government to reclassify marijuana. In a letter to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Monday, 42 lawmakers said they supported Gov. Chris Gregoire&#8217;s previous request on the issue. Reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule II drug would allow it to be prescribed by doctors and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Otter: Idaho insurers can play in federal exchange</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/30/otter-idaho-insurers-can-play-in-federal-exchange/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/30/otter-idaho-insurers-can-play-in-federal-exchange/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho Gov. Butch Otter says insurers like Blue Cross will likely be able to offer products to consumers even under a federally operated insurance exchange. That&#8217;s a departure from concerns his administration raised earlier, while weighing whether to use a $20.3 million federal grant to set up a state-operated insurance exchange, or allowing Washington, D.C., [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AUDIO: Gov. Otter would oppose medical marijuana bill in Idaho</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/27/audio-gov-otter-would-oppose-medical-marijuana-bill-in-idaho/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/27/audio-gov-otter-would-oppose-medical-marijuana-bill-in-idaho/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho Gov. Butch Otter says he would oppose efforts underway in the Capitol to pass a medical marijuana law. A bill to legalize medical pot in Idaho is being pushed by Moscow Rep. Tom Trail. Speaking this week at the Annual Winter Meeting of the Idaho Chiefs of Police Association in Boise, the governor told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WA initiative to legalize pot qualifies for lawmaker consideration</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/27/wa-initiative-to-legalize-pot-qualifies-for-lawmaker-consideration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An initiative to legalize and regulate the recreational use of marijuana in Washington state has qualified to be considered by the Legislature. Secretary of State Sam Reed&#8217;s office on Friday certified Initiative 502 to the Legislature as sponsors submitted enough signatures to assure consideration by lawmakers and, failing success there, a statewide vote on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion insurance bill clears WA House committee</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/26/abortion-insurance-bill-clears-wa-house-committee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/26/abortion-insurance-bill-clears-wa-house-committee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington lawmakers are moving ahead with a bill that would require most health insurers offering maternity care to also cover elective abortions. The bill, known as the Reproductive Parity Act, passed out of the House Health Care and Wellness Committee on Thursday by a 7-3 vote.  The measure could come up for a floor vote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Survey: ID Medicaid claim processor doing better</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/26/survey-id-medicaid-claim-processor-doing-better/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/26/survey-id-medicaid-claim-processor-doing-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new survey has found many Idaho health care providers are happier with the service they&#8217;re receiving from a California company that processes the state&#8217;s Medicaid claims, but one-third of the providers still aren&#8217;t satisfied. Molina Medicaid Solutions began handling claims and issuing payments on behalf of the state in 2010. Dozens of health care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho likely to get federally operated insurance exchange</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/25/idaho-likely-to-get-federally-operated-insurance-exchange/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/25/idaho-likely-to-get-federally-operated-insurance-exchange/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Danner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho is likely to get a federally operated insurance exchange, not the state-based plan favored by Governor Butch Otter as recently as last year, because it&#8217;s unlikely his administration will complete design work before a January 2013 deadline. Otter made the comments to reporters Wednesday at an Idaho Press Club breakfast. In November, his administration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill would require WA hospitals to assess community needs</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/24/bill-would-require-wa-hospitals-to-assess-community-needs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/24/bill-would-require-wa-hospitals-to-assess-community-needs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legislation in the Washington House aims to better meet public needs by requiring hospitals to ramp up assessments of community health. Rep. Laurie Jinkins, a Tacoma Democrat, introduced a bill that would require public hospital districts such as the Kennewick Public Hospital District and nonprofit hospitals to perform a community health needs assessment once every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho gets $5 million more for low-income heating assistance</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/20/idaho-gets-5-million-more-for-low-income-heating-assistance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/20/idaho-gets-5-million-more-for-low-income-heating-assistance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho has received $5.1 million from the federal government to help seniors and low-income Idahoans pay their winter heating bills. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday released Idaho&#8217;s remaining 2012 fiscal year funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, known as LIHEAP.  Idaho&#8217;s total funding is $20.6 million for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion insurance requirement debated in WA House</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/20/abortion-insurance-requirement-debated-in-wa-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington state lawmakers considered legislation Thursday that would require most health insurers offering maternity care to also cover elective abortions. In a public hearing, the state House&#8217;s Health Care and Wellness Committee heard arguments from both sides of the abortion debate. Supporters said the bill will preserve current abortion coverage once federal health insurance rules [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho looking at $40M price tag for indigent medical care in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/17/idaho-looking-at-40m-price-tag-for-indigent-medical-care-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Danner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Providing medical care for Idaho&#8217;s indigent population will cost the state nearly $40 million this year, as the economy continues to bump along without significant improvement. That&#8217;s up from about $35 million Idaho spent on the Catastrophic Health Care program in fiscal year 2011. Director Roger Christensen told Joint Finance-Appropriation Committee budget writers on Monday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho expects increase in demand for foodstamps</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/17/idaho-expects-increase-in-demand-for-foodstamps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/17/idaho-expects-increase-in-demand-for-foodstamps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Danner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 235,000 people received federal food stamp benefits in December, a new record, as more families needed help getting meals despite a slowly improving economy. Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Director Dick Armstrong told legislative budget writers Monday that demand is due to rise 6.3 percent during the current fiscal year that ends June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho Dems threaten voting with GOP right on health exchange</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/10/idaho-dems-threaten-voting-with-gop-right-on-health-exchange/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/10/idaho-dems-threaten-voting-with-gop-right-on-health-exchange/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aiming to leverage limited numbers to win hearings on their priorities, Democrats in the Idaho House suggested Tuesday their most-liberal members could vote with the most-conservative Republicans against creating a health insurance exchange. Many of the 57 GOP House members, especially arch conservatives, are considering voting against Gov. Butch Otter&#8217;s plan to use $20.3 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho plans to spend $31M from veterans cash stash</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/10/idaho-plans-to-spend-31m-from-veterans-cash-stash/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/10/idaho-plans-to-spend-31m-from-veterans-cash-stash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho Gov. Butch Otter plans to spend the lion&#8217;s share of a $31 million surplus at the Division of Veterans Services to shore up the 2013 Medicaid budget for hospitals and skilled nursing homes. The surplus has more than doubled since 2007, because federal reimbursements exceed Idaho&#8217;s costs to care for veterans. Legislative auditors this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Idaho Legislature may renew cigarette tax debate</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/06/2012-idaho-legislature-may-renew-cigarette-tax-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/06/2012-idaho-legislature-may-renew-cigarette-tax-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democratic lawmakers remain focused on raising Idaho&#8217;s cigarette tax, despite failure to get a hearing on a bill in 2011. Their renewed 2012 effort will be fraught with difficulty, however, given many conservative Republicans haven&#8217;t changed their no-new-taxes mantra. On Thursday, House Minority Leader John Rusche, of Lewiston, resurrected calls for a hike, saying boosting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investigation continues into radiation case at INL</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2011/12/28/investigation-continues-into-radiation-case-at-inl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2011/12/28/investigation-continues-into-radiation-case-at-inl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A team of federal researchers is continuing to investigate the cause of last month’s accident that exposed 16 workers at the Idaho National Laboratory to unexpected doses of radiation. Meanwhile, INL Spokeswoman Misty Benjamin says all 16 employees are back at work and undergoing consistent monitoring. On Nov. 8, workers in the Materials and Fuels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington drug board warns of methadone risks</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2011/12/23/washington-drug-board-warns-of-methadone-risks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2011/12/23/washington-drug-board-warns-of-methadone-risks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Washington state drug board has decided to warn pharmacies about the risk of overdose deaths from prescribing methadone as a painkiller. The Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee voted Wednesday to send a health advisory next week to more than 1,000 pharmacists and drug stores. That will be followed by an advisory to about 17,000 health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington officials to consider additional disorders for medical marijuana use</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2011/12/21/washington-officials-to-consider-additional-disorders-for-medical-marijuana-use/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2011/12/21/washington-officials-to-consider-additional-disorders-for-medical-marijuana-use/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Danner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington state officials will consider a request to allow medical marijuana for people with attention deficit disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder. The petition is the latest attempt to add a mental illness to Washington&#8217;s list of qualifying conditions for medical cannabis. Three other petitions, for depression and other mental health disorders, have been denied. Medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idahoans confused about health insurance rate reviews</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2011/12/16/idahoans-confused-about-health-insurance-rate-reviews/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2011/12/16/idahoans-confused-about-health-insurance-rate-reviews/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Idaho Department of Insurance said it has received a large number of calls from people who are confused about the health insurance rate review process. The 2010 federal health care reform law requires Idaho to review individual and small-employer health insurance rate increases and requires justification for increases that exceed 10 percent. The department [...]]]></description>
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