Restructure of Medicare plan seen
The Reagan administration weighs a major overhaul that would let 29 million beneficiaries drop out of Medicare for government vouchers to buy private insurance or join group plans. Vouchers, averaging about 1700 dollars, aim to boost market competition and lower costs, with possible minimum standards, while critics warn of reduced services.
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Department of Health and Human Services
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Richard Schweiker
Medicare
Rubin
David Stockman
Office of Management and Budget
Congress
Richard Gephardt
D-Mo
House
Ways and Means
Schweiker
Senate
Canada controllers end Europe to U S air traffic boycott
Canadian air traffic controllers ordered a return to the Gander main control center to restore the Europe to North America air link. Transport Canada announced Gander would be fully operational at 4 30 a m CDT after talks with the Canadian Association of Air Traffic Controllers.
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Europe
Gander
Newfoundland
Transport Canada
Federal Aviation Administration
North America
Jean-Luc Pepin
Canadian Association of Air Traffic Controllers
William Robertson
Pepin
Robertson
Air Control Center
Edmonton
Alberta
Air
Bias complaint follows Waukon motel incident
NAACP and the Iowa Civil Rights Commission probe whether Waukon hostility toward Ron and Ida Jenkins was biased. The couple, with a four month pregnant Ida, were assaulted when an apartment door was kicked in as 75 to 100 onlookers watched. They were hospitalized in Rochester after the Aug. 4 event.
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Ron
Ida Jenkins
NAACP
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Des Moines
Jenkinses
Ida
Rochester
Iowa
Wauken
Students urged to speed loan applications before aid ends
Rep Tom Harkin warned Iowa college students with pending low interest government loan applications to finalize processing now. A report from the Iowa College Aid Commission predicts about 9,600 students who receive guaranteed loans for 1981-82 will lose eligibility for 1982-83, cutting loan amounts for private college borrowers by about 20 percent while public college loans stay roughly the same.
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United Press International
Tom Harkin
Iowa College
Harkin
Iowa College Aid Commission
Trains Collide in Beverly Killing Three Passengers
A passenger train returning from North Shore beaches slammed head on into a four-car freight train in Beverly Massachusetts. Three people died and 23 were injured, with two in critical condition and three in fair condition. One survivor later crawled from the wreck. Police identified one victim as Paul Sullivan of Rockport. other names were withheld.
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Mass
UPI
Boston
Beverly Hospital
Boston & Maine Railroad
B&m
Massachusetts
North Shore
Paul Sullivan
Rockport
Gloria Stone
Remap plan faces rocky path in Iowa House session
Des Moines GOP leaders signal reluctance to back major changes as Iowa legislators begin a second extraordinary 1981 session. House Majority Leader Larry Pope says minimal change plans may be possible only with Democratic support, noting party dynamics and the need for majority votes in a 58 to 42 Republican-leaning chamber.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House of Representatives
House
Larry Pope
Senate
Doubts About Solar Energy From A Beach-Going Son
A father voices skepticism about solar energy, saying his son has spent much of life on the beach and yet has less energy than anyone he knows. The remark reflects casual, personal sentiment on an energy topic.
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