Debate Over Medicare Drug Benefit Fails to Narrow Gaps
Studies for Health Affairs show a core group of poor and chronically ill seniors face the greatest drug costs. The finding supports targeted aid amid White House Clinton administration and Congress clashes on who should receive a new Medicare drug benefit.
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Washington
White House
Congress
John K. Inglehart
Health Affairs
Clinton Administration
Clinton
Nancy-Ann DeParle
Technology and hygiene reduce hospital infections
Atlanta report highlights that infections in health care kill up to 88,000 annually. Dr. Richard P. Wenzel cites antibiotic-coated catheters and strict hand washing as effective, affordable defenses. CDC notes a 44 percent drop in ICU infection rates in the 1990s across 300 facilities.
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Atlanta
U.S
Centers For Disease Control
Richard P. Wenzel
Internal Medicine
Medical College of Virginia
Wenzel
CDC
Worshippers mourn 6 year old Kayla Rolland death
In Mount Morris Township Michigan worshippers at Calvary Assembly of God Church gathered to seek understanding after Kayla Rolland a first grader at Buell Elementary School was shot dead. A classmate age six is charged with the killing and authorities say the boy did not know better.
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Mount Morris Township
Mich
Kayla Rolland
Calvary Assembly of God Church
Flint
Gene Warren
Kayla
Buell Elementary
Warren
Tear gas use at Waco siege under renewed scrutiny
Investigators say FBI pyrotechnic tear gas rounds may have been fired in greater numbers than admitted during the 1993 Waco siege. Evidence from crime scene records videos and photos questions the timing and quantity of HRT fire. Officials have maintained the Davidians set the fire themselves. The Justice Department did not comment.
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Dallas
FBI
Dallas Morning News
HRT
Janet Reno
Davidians
Justice Department
American Beauty and Election win at Writers Guild awards
The 52nd Writers Guild of America Awards honor Alan Ball for Best Screenplay Directly for the Screen on American Beauty and Alexander Payne Jim Taylor for Election. TV prizes go to The Sopranos Meadowlands and Frasier Merry Christmas Mrs Moskowitz with Jason Cahill and Jay Kogen cited.
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Los Angeles Times
Hollywood
Writers Guild of America Awards
Alan Ball
Los Angeles
New York
Ball
Writers Guild
Alexander Payne
Jim Taylor
Tom Perrotta
HBO
Jason Cahill
Meadowlands
Jay Kogen
Mrs. Moskowitz
NBC
Boeing imposes last contract offer on striking workers
Boeing declares it will impose its final offer on 17 000 engineers and technicians on strike for three and a half weeks. The plan guarantees a 2 percent minimum for technical workers while engineers lack a guaranteed raise and an 8 percent fund will award raises selectively.
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Seattle
Boeing Co
Alan Mulally
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Boeing
Mulally
Phyllis Rogers
Society of Professional Engineering Employees In Aerospace
National Labor Relations Board
Wireless voice portals cut need for screens in mobile web
At a Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association meeting in New Orleans, Motorola and others showcased voice portals that read e mail, provide weather and stock quotes, and let users navigate the web by voice. The system translates Internet text into spoken replies, reducing reliance on small device screens.
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New Orleans
Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association
Murali Narayanan
Motorola
Internet Exchange
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