Medicare drug benefit plan details and subsidies outlined
The document outlines 2004 2005 interim discount and subsidy measures for seniors including a 15 percent drug cost saving estimate a $600 annual subsidy for low income seniors a $3 600 out of pocket catastrophic threshold with 95 percent coverage and waivers for premiums and deductibles for those under 12 123 annually It covers retiree subsidies employer tax free subsidies premium sharing private company administration hospital and physician payment changes rural health generic drug and importation policies and the expansion of private plan competition starting 2010 with cost containment measures and care coordination efforts.
Democrats clash with AARP over Medicare drug bill
In Bedford New Hampshire six Democratic candidates at a morning forum criticized AARP for endorsing a Republican backed prescription drug bill seen as weakening Medicare. They noted AARP will spend seven million on ads to promote the measure while urging Americans to oppose it.
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Associated Press
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Sen
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Massachusetts
Kerry
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Clark
Howard Dean
John Edwards
Dick Gephardt
Edwards
North Carolina
Hmos
Joe Lieberman
Connecticut
America
Gephardt
Dean
Vermont
New Hampshire
New
Missouri
House
Congress
Martha Stewart fraud charges not dismissed by judge
A federal judge refused to dismiss a securities fraud count accusing Martha Stewart of deceiving stockholders by declaring innocence in the insider trading case. The court also left open a possible obstruction of justice charge, noting a ruling after the government presents its case. Stewart, 62, faces conspiracy, obstructing justice, securities fraud and two counts of lying to investigators over her ImClone stock sale. Prosecutors say she was tipped by ImClone founder Sam Waksal’s family while Stewart claims a standing sell order.
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Martha Stewart
U.S
Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum
Stewart
Cedarbaum
ImClone
Food and Drug Administration
Sam Waksal
Massachusetts high court rules for same sex marriage rights
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court declares the state constitution guarantees gay couples the right to marry. The 4-3 decision orders the Legislature to rewrite laws within six months to extend full civil marriage rights, rejecting lesser options like civil unions.
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Gloria Bailey
Supreme Judicial Court
Kansas
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Washington
U.S
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Vermont
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas
Margaret Marshall
Francis Spina
Mitt Romney
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
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