Medicare cuts threaten hospitals and home care nationwide
A financial report from Lawrence Memorial Hospital shows Medicare reimbursement cuts reduced operating revenues by $750,000 from 1997 to 1998, with a five-year loss projection of $4.7 million. Kansas hospitals overall face $530 million in direct cuts over five years, risking service reductions and destabilizing care for the elderly.
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America
LMH
Gene Meyer
Kansas
Journal-World’s
Public Forum
Meyer
U.S
Congress
Health insurance gap grows while politics stay quiet
Washington columnist David Broder notes rising uninsured numbers from 38 million under 1992 levels to 43 million in 1997 and beyond, driven by economic, demographic, and policy factors. He warns of 52–54 million uninsured by 2009 and up to 61 million if recession hits, with small firms, parttime workers, and minorities most affected.
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New York State
David Broder
Washington Post Writers Group
Clinton's kid summit skirts blame and courts funders
Washington columnist Sandy Grady questions Bill Clinton's White House gathering of 60 figures to discuss youth violence. He argues the session avoided naming scapegoats, shielded gun and movie interests, and served as a money-driven, feel-good exercise rather than a real plan to curb school shootings.
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Moses Heston
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Rockefellers
Belgrade
Columbine
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Philadelphia Daily News
Postmaster address change notice for Lawrence Journal-World
The notice instructs readers to send postal address changes to the Journal-World at P O Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 0888. It identifies the publication and confirms the mailing address for subscriber updates.
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Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Kan
Public forum on guns and KU baseball facility ethics
Letter to the editor argues car control differs from firearms in lethality, cites CDC homicide data, and defends KU baseball coach Bobby Randall. It questions booster pressures and facility impact, praises Randall, and urges patience with the coach while noting program context and climate. Floyd Temple from Dakota addresses gun policy and sports leadership.
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Kansas University
Jason Whitlock
Forrest Hoglund
OSU
USA Today
Texas
Texas Tech
Baylor
Texas A&m
Randall
Floyd Temple
Dakota
Old Home Town VFW Pavilion at Green's Lake Highlighted
The Veterans of Foreign Wars built a large concrete dance pavilion at Green's Lake serving as its post World War II headquarters and planning a broader social program. A May 12, 1899 Lawrence World story recounts a humorous hardware store anecdote about a wife hoping to buy a jackpot for her husband who talked in his sleep.
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Green's Lake
Lawrence World
Baldwin
Watkins Community Museum
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