Ineligible Medicaid Payments Hit $1 Billion Annually
HEW Secretary Califano says federal and state governments waste about one billion dollars yearly on ineligible Medicaid claims. He cites 4.7 million improper claims totaling 229 million dollars in 1976 and notes ongoing state probes into doctors and pharmacists. He also discusses Bakke and minority admissions cases.
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Joseph A. Califano Jr
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Bakke
Allan Bakke
California
California Supreme Court
University of California At Davis
Greenville high school class reaches China via telephone
Dr. Shafik Hatem, a Greenville native and longtime public health leader in China, spoke by telephone to 25 Greenville classmates at their 50th reunion. The call, arranged with Carolina Telephone, bridged Peking and Greenville with a speaker setup, ending in plans for another reunion.
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N. C
Peking
China
Shafik Hatem
Republic of China
Samuel B. Underwood Jr
Greenville High School
Dr. Hatem
University of North Carolina
Underwood
Chapel Hill
Hatem
Unc-Chapel Hill
Switzerland
Don Collier
Carolina Telephone and Telegraph
Denver
Colo
Collier
To Your Health Colitis and Bowel Concerns Addressed
Woman asks if colitis is emotional and if a cure exists. Dr Thosteson explains bowel patterns reflect emotional tension, advises lifestyle changes, a normal diet, and bulk in stool with possible laxatives, noting X-rays show no structural problem and the condition is curable.
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George Thosteson
M.D
Thosteson
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