Medicare caps outpatient copays at hospital centers
The federal rule caps Medicare outpatient copayments at hospital-owned centers at a maximum equal to the inpatient deductible, $776 this year. The move aligns outpatient charges with the 20 percent patient share, while inpatient costs remain higher, with gradual future parity expected but decades away. Congress and the Clinton administration last fall agreed to a new dollar limit to control costs.
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Census Day Deadline Prompts Push to Mail Back Forms
Census Bureau officials urge households to mail back forms on Saturday Census Day. About 49 percent of 115 million mailed forms returned as Republicans complain about intrusiveness, while officials aim for 70 percent by late April.
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Immortalized headless chicken gets metal sculpture in Fruita
In Fruita Colorado a 4 foot 300 pound metal sculpture of Mike the headless chicken will be installed on a downtown planter. Artist Lyle Nichols who grew up there created the piece from ax heads hay rake teeth and blades. Mike survived head removal in 1945 and became a national curiosity after researchers at the University of Utah confirmed brain stem activity. The Mike the Headless Chicken Festival, set for May 19–20, will feature food and music and a chicken run event.
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Massachusetts bans disposal of computer screens in landfills
The state implements the nations first ban on disposing CRTs and similar electronics in landfills or incinerators. Six collection centers will refurbish or recycle items, with households barred from trashing computers and TVs.
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Weather satellites change forecasts from above
Forty years ago Saturday the weather changed forever with the first look from above. A fuzzy gray band of clouds began a stream of satellite images that track hurricanes, measure El Nino, and monitor volcanic ash. Satellites act as a guard tower over the Earth, filling missing pieces of the atmospheric puzzle.
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