Medicaid Abuses Bared by Federal Prosecutor
Federal prosecutor Robert B. Fiske Jr told a Senate Aging subcommittee that Medicaid fraud thrives due to weak laws and few investigators. He urged five year felonies for fraud and a DEW investigative staff. The study found rent takings from clinics dominate funds and doctors receive 20 to 40 percent of Medicaid revenue.
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Washington
Robert B. Fiske Jr
New York City
Senate Committee On Aging
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Fiske
York City
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Subcommittee
Barre Board Agrees To Cut Assessments
Barre Town Board of Review reduces per acre agricultural assessments after hearing 89 complaints. It cannot fire Town Assessor Michael Stuber, citing state law, and recommends changing selection of assessors from election to appointment before 1977.
NSP rate hike bid defended at Wisconsin PSC hearing
NSP official Glenn Thorsen defended proposed electric and gas increases for about 122000 customers amid public testimony at a PSC hearing in Eau Claire. He cited inflation, wages, and new pollution controls while critics called NSP a monopoly and urged action by La Crosse and Eau Claire officials.
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Glenn Thorsen Eau Claire
NSP
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
PSC
la Crosse
Thorsen
Hudson
Northern Natural Gas Co
Canada
John Flanagan
Will Fantle
Northern Thunder
Eau Claire
Wisconsin study finds 56 percent want swine flu shots
A University of Wisconsin Extension survey shows about 56 percent of adults contacted would get swine flu vaccinations this fall. Fourteen percent would refuse, and 30 percent are undecided. The Division of Health requested the study to gauge public attitude toward the vaccination program.
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Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin Extension Research Laboratory
State Division of Health
Stuber Weighs Resigning as Barre Town Assessor
Barre Town Assessor Michael Stuber says he will decide in a few days whether to resign after the Town Board of Review lowered assessments and directed changes to the rolls. He argues changes must be made by the town clerk under legal procedure and plans to consider petitioning for a state revaluation if the equalized value is rolled back.
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Barre
Stuber
Wisconsin
Milton Schwier
Gordon Miller
Miller
Schwier
Board of Review
Daniel F. Sheehan
Harlen Wills
Monroe and Juneau Added To Crop Disaster List
Madison Wisconsin The state emergency board of the U S Department of Agriculture recommends adding 14 counties including Monroe and Juneau to the 32 declared crop disaster areas due to drought Gov Patrick J Lucey is asked to forward the recommendation to President Ford The report cites severe drought reducing crops by 30 to 40 percent across several counties and estimates total drought losses in Wisconsin at 534 million dollars for the summer.
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Madison
Wis
State Emergency Board
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Monroe
Juneau
Patrick J. Lucey
Ford
Dane
Iowa
Lafayette
Sauk
Green
Rock
Jefferson
Walworth
Brown
Door
Kewaunee
Waukesha
U.S. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Wisconsin
Kieran Powers
Rock County
Barron County
Keith Kreul
Federal Agency
Kreul
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Val J. Halamandaris
Senate Committee
Congress
East Harlem
Council
Common Council
Patrick Zielke
Brian Carroll
Sharon Imes
Zielke
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Colleen Schubring
Carol Brown
Caledonia St
U.S.A
Edmund Nix
Nix
Donald Harman
Harman
Barre Mills
Michael Stuber
Wisconsin Department of Revenue
Medary Lumber Inc
Medary
Review Board
Department of Revenue
Molly Klocklin
the Tribune
Northern States Power
Chippewa Falls
Menomonie
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co
Midwest
Sen
Tom Galacen
Galacen
Dane County
Marathon County
Campbell
Town of Campbell
Rod Carew
Twins
Blast Brewers
Savings and Loan Associations
Ann Sanders
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