Second opinions could cut Medicare and Medicaid costs
A federal report estimates mandatory second opinions for elective surgery could save about 158 million dollars annually. Medicaid would save 63 million and Medicare 94.7 million. states like New Jersey Washington Missouri Connecticut Massachusetts Michigan and Wisconsin already require them in some form. The administration opposed immediate adoption noting insufficient long term data.
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Richard Kusserow
Department of Health and Human Services
Carolyne K. Davis
Health Care Financing Administration
Kusserow
Inspector General
New Jersey
Missouri
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Michigan
Wisconsin
Bipartisan momentum fades as Congress returns from recess
The 98th Congress pushed major laws including an anti-recession jobs bill and a Social Security rescue with White House support, then faced renewed partisan control in the House. Democrats seized the budget victory, while Senate debates defense spending and nuclear weapon freezes continue. Controversies linger over El Salvador aid and Kenneth Adelman nomination.
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Washington
98Th Congress
House
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Congress
White House
Senate
Howard H. Baker Jr
Rtenn
el Salvador
Kenneth Adelman
Senate Democrats
Probes Hold Up Dioxin Studies in Missouri
EPA engineers delay analysis of 5000 dioxin tainted soil samples as congressional requests take priority. KC lab staff assist with paperwork and subpoenas from Rep. Dingell and Rep. Levitas while other requests from Florio and Scheuer are being scaled down or delayed.
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Missouri
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
David Tripp
Congress
Tripp
John Dingell
Michigan
Dingell
Elliott Levitas
Georgia
House Public Works Investigations Subcommittee
James Florio
New Jersey
James Scheuer
New York
Reagan vows not to be stampeded by Democrats on policy
President Reagan says he will not be stampeded into changing his economic plan and urges voters to pressure Congress. He defends the recovery effort from critics who say the House budget would derail growth and weaken national security.
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Washington
UPI
Reagan
Congress
Oval Office
House
U.S. Vietnam Agree On Expanded Vietnamese Orphan Flight
A U.S. diplomat said the United States and Vietnam informally agreed to widen the exodus of Vietnamese children fathered by Americans during the Indochina war. A flight in April could carry up to 200 children, surpassing the 175 previously flown since last September.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
United States
Vietnam
U.S
Earthquake kills hundred in Iran villages collapse highway damage
Rescue teams halted search for victims as a quake leveled Larijan and Gazanak and affected up to 10 towns over 27 miles. About 100 dead, many motorists crushed while returning from the Iranian New Year, with debris blocking roads.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Tehran
Larijan
Gazanak
Mobile land based missile proposed to deter first strike
Senate defense expert Sen. Sam Nunn argues for a mobile single warhead land based missile to create less attractive first strike targets. He warns the plan would raise costs and require more space than the MX missile. In Texas, former EPA official John Hernandez claims errors were added to a pollution report before his 1981 appointment, tied to dioxin findings and his resignation.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
EL Paso
Hernandez
Chicago
EPA
Japan Adopts Broad Trade Barriers Elimination Package
Japan formally adopted a package to remove most non-tariff barriers against imports from the United States and Western nations. The measures simplify import standards and certification procedures, aimed at easing trade barriers.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
United States
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