Medicare Pays for Kidney Dialysis Under New Law
Tampa reporters detail the impact of a new federal rule guaranteeing Medicare payment for dialysis for Social Security covered patients. The piece covers patient stories, physician views, costs, centers expanding, and concerns about timing for transplants and billing. It notes some patients died before coverage and outlines the program’s projected reach and costs.
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Medicare
Tampa
Fla
Congress of the United States
Memorial Hospital
Edward
Patricia Steiner
Steiner
Tammy
Social Security —Administration
Social Security
Kahana
Linda Harrison
Philips
Washington, D.C
National Kidney Foundation
The
Kidney Foundation
Tammy Sei
Seattle
Wash
Miss Steiner
Tve
Harrison
New York
Retirement notices and oddities from Louisville and beyond
In Louisville C A Taylor aged 90 who ran an insurance agency and his son Allen Taylor 65 who worked in a hardware store retired the same day. A New York parking meter dispute over a $2.50 gold piece ends happily with the coin returned and free parking. A Lancaster driver Ray Myers, despite 29 years of safe driving and no arms, loses his license after a computer misreads a registry. A burglary hits a Centocelle, Italy church theft of over a million ira with a candle lit before a statue of St Anthony. Crossword clues and scattered notes round out the page with miscellaneous items and oddities.
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Louisville
Kentucky
C. A. Taylor
Aminesurante Agency
Allen Taylor
Ray Myers
Lancaster
Price Freeze Sparks Farm Group Protest Across Nation
Farm groups warn the price freeze damages agriculture day by day while urban lawmakers urge the White House to stay tough to curb inflation. The National Council of Cooperatives joins many groups denouncing the freeze and outlines steps for Phase 4 changes. Rep. Cotton urges resisting meat price relief and export restraints, warning against soaring meat and pork prices. The Agriculture Department seeks public comments by Aug. 27 on tighter futures market surveillance and stricter enforcement.
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Washington
Congress
White House
National Council of Cooperatives
Donald I. Graham
Co-Op
William R. Cotton
D-Conn
Nixon
Jin
Agriculture Department
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Department of Future
Fare
Wineman
Art Beem
Arnold Phan
Ithosie
B.S
capDy
Averette
AMC
Intireld Sarthee
Ang Abou
By Warren Sattler
Mailey
By Brad Anderson
By AL Smith
Pussy Cat
BY Kern Pel
Sio Hathaway
Hilda Schwartz
City Hall
Centocelle
Italy
St. Anthony
Lsis
Barkeloth
Ravn
Brazil
Listress
Campus
Meadows
Tavern
Yrinth
Gove
Scotland
Pops
By George Wolfe
Deems
By Tom Oka
Twitch
Ludwick
Wow Rais
Lue
Graham
John T. Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
Coton
Department
Commodity Exchange <Authority
CEA
Hamilton
Salova
Elgin
Longines
Vattnader
Oklahoma
W. Mele