Medicare drug plan enrollment drive and penalties
Medicare and Citizens group push enrollment as deadline nears for drug coverage. CMS Administrator McClellan warns only early enrollment saves money and urges action to reach 90 percent coverage. About 42 million eligible seniors and disabled, including 500000 in Iowa, have some coverage. 30 million total have prescription drug plans with 8.1 million in stand-alone plans.
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Mark McClellan
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services
McClellan
Medicare
Congress
Iowa
Chuck Grassley
Final enrollment session on aging assistance at Kirkwood center
Heritage Agency on Aging hosts a final enrollment session Thursday from 1 to 6 pm at Kirkwood Training and Outreach Services Center Marion 3375 Armar Dr Appointments required by calling (319) 398-5559 or 1 800 332 5934 Bring Medicare cards and med list Also available via SHIIP at 1 800 351 4664 or 1 800 MEDICARE and www medicare org.
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Kirkwood
Armar
Marion
Medicare
University of Iowa Center On Aging
Centeronaging
Usowa
ACT study urges college and work readiness for all students
Illinois requires 11th graders to take ACT with WorkKeys tests. The study links first year college prep to occupation demands for family-sustaining jobs like electricians and plumbers. It urges statewide high school core programs, early progress assessments, and career pathways to boost graduates ready for college and work.
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Illinois
ACT
Iowa City West High School
Jerry Arganbright
West
Arganbright
Cedar Rapids Community
Sandy Stephen
Learning and Leadership
Stephen
Final Season movie casting seeks actors from 1991 Norway team
Casting for The Final Season seeks actors with headshots and original members of the 1991 Norway High School baseball team. Producers want applicants by mail to PMS Casting in Pella Iowa and by email to the production team. The film stars Sean Astin as Coach Kent Stock directed by David Evans with Tom Arnold and Powers Boothe.
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Sschott
Finalseason
Ann Wilkinson
PMS
16Th St
Pella
Twilson
Finalseason Inc
Norway High School
Sean Astin
Kent Stock
David Evans
Iowa
Tom Arnold
Powers Boothe
Deadwood
Wilson
Off-label drug use prompts safety questions study
A Stanford led study surveys 160 drugs and finds 79 percent of prescriptions are FDA approved. Six percent are off label with strong support and 15 percent with little or no support. Doctors say off label use stems from science gaps and practice realities.
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Stafford
Stanford Prevention Research Center
Edward Langston
American Medical Association
Food and Drug Administration
Stanford
Dartmouth Medical School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
FDA
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