Medicare funding crisis prompts bipartisan blame
The Akron Beacon Journal notes the Medicare hospital trust fund will dip about 29 billion dollars into the red a year earlier than expected. lawmakers including Rep Bill Thomas call for leadership as political blame grows while seniors face anxiety over future access to care.
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Beacon Journal
Date With Oblivion: Medicare Crisis Looms in 2001
The Medicare Part A hospitalization trust fund, now with a $126 billion surplus, faces insolvency by 2001, underscoring continued political posturing over reform. The piece notes optimistic 2002 doom and critiques Clinton administration and Republican plans as inadequate.
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White House
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Aiken Standard Contact and Delivery Details
Aiken Standard lists location at 124 Rutland Drive and mailing P O Box 456 Aiken SC 29802. Office hours 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday. Subscription and delivery help via 649 5315 with service hours 5 30 p m to 7 30 p m weekdays and 7 a m to 11 a m weekends. Switchboard and fax numbers 648 2311 and 648 6052. Publisher Scott B Hunter reachable at 648 2311.
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Aiken
Aiken Standard
Scott B. Hunter
Early Childhood Education Advances In Aiken District
Developmentally appropriate practices shape preschool and elementary programs in Aiken County Public Schools. High Scope curriculums guide active, hands on learning across 19 elementary schools with a focus on family collaboration and early intervention to boost long term success.
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National Association For the Education of Young Children
Aiken County
Tax credit ideas spark bipartisan tax talk in election year
Jesse Todd notes in the Daily Press that Clinton backs a 1500 education tax credit while Dole promotes gas tax rollback. The piece mocks varied credits from vegetarian to cattleman, royalty to teachers, and even no TV usage, arguing the coming campaign will feature escalating, often political, tax-cut promises before Election Day.
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Washington Post
Bob
Dole
United States
Crafters protest Aiken’s Makin’ 1996 rejection
Florence Whittle of Beech Island laments not being accepted for Aiken’s Makin’ 1996 after a ten year participation. She notes rising entry fees and family-like crafter groups, vows to write the chamber, and warns the show’s potential relocation could end the tradition, recalling Calico Carnival’s fate in Augusta.
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Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Augusta
Calico Carnival
Augusta Mall
Florence Whittle
Beech Island
Damage Political Signs and You Wind Up In Jail
A reader from Windsor objects to political yard signs on trees or near roads, arguing they should be confined to private property and not persist for years, urging candidates to relocate signs to supporters’ yards and respect laws.
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Aiken
Department of Highways
Thanking Food Lion staff for kindness after daughter's knee injury
Aiken resident B Johnson thanks three Food Lion employees Rett Jerry and another staffer for aiding Samantha after she fell on June 6. They cleaned the knee applied medicine and a bandage, going above and beyond their duties. The writer expresses gratitude and praises the store.
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Jerry
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