Government eases charity care rules for Hill-Burton hospitals
Washington AP reports HEW quietly lowers free care demands at federally built hospitals amid lawsuits by antipoverty lawyers. New plan sets free-care at 3 percent of operating costs or 10 percent of original loan, with many facilities exempted based on original 25 year loan terms. The compromise, approved secretly, lets state agencies adjust levels per hospital finances. about 85 percent already meet current standards.
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Four states push for elder home care over hospitals
Health officials from Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Iowa meet in Des Moines to urge Medicare reform and more in home care services for the elderly. They blame Social Security administration for under funding preventive care and note two thirds of counties and 40 percent of seniors lack home health programs.
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Reserve Banks Grind Up Cash For Environment and Sale
The Treasury plans to dispose of worn-out currency by grinding rather than burning. Ground money is sold for use as drilling mud and sought for other uses, though commercial demand remains limited. About 2,500 tons are destroyed yearly, with $1 billion worth expected to be ground this year as several Federal Reserve banks switch from burning to grinding.
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Air Crash Toll Includes Americans
New Delhi reports sixteen Americans among eighty four killed as a Japanese jetliner crashed while landing. Eleven Japanese crew and ten Japanese passengers aboard. several survivors include one Indian casualty and a farmer injured by wreckage. Names of American passengers listed. no survivors believed to be American. Flight traced from Tokyo to London with stops in Hong Kong and Bangkok. Officials from JAL and Japan government dispatched investigators to New Delhi.
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Crime Control Grants To Several State Units
Federal crime control grants totaling 1.13 million dollars were announced by Gov. Robert Docking’s office to Kansas agencies and institutions. Awards include 143,593 to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation for narcotics work and 141,903 to KU’s government research center to expand law enforcement training. Additional grants fund county and city programs, juvenile services, and rehabilitative efforts across Geary, Saline, Butler, Lyon counties, and Abilene.
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