Record Increase To Help Blue Cross Reserve Funds In Kansas
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas won a $31.24 million rate increase from Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell, the largest in state history. Plan 65 and Plan D rise 24 percent for elderly Medicare supplement subscribers. monthly Plan 65/Plan D rates move from 17.31 to 21.46 dollars. About 154,000 Kansans on these plans and 244,000 on others will be affected. Johnson and Wyandotte counties fall outside this rise. Blue Cross aims to restore reserves after projected dips and cites Medicare deductible increases and a court ruling limiting cross-subsidies as factors.
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Kan
Wayne Johnston
Blue Cross
Blue Shield of
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Fletcher Bell
Bell
Blue Shield
Johnson and Wyandotte
Kansas City
Johnston
Insurance Department
State Supreme Court
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Blues
Kansas Farm Bureau
Portugal coalition wins. La Carneiro claims victory over Eanes
In Portugal, center right Prime Minister Francisco La Carneiro led a 47.3 percent showing for his coalition, sealing a likely 18 seat majority in the 250 member National Assembly. The Socialists trailed at 28 percent and the Communists at 16.7 percent. Eanes is seen as likely to win in December. Voter turnout reached 64.8 percent.
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Portugal
Francisco la Carneiro
Antonio Ramalho Eanes
Eanes
la Carneiro
Social Democrats
National Assembly
Mario Soares
Socialists
Communists
Evora
Alvito
French Jews Demand Action in Wake of Paris Bombing
Paris police face mounting criticism for failing to track down perpetrators of a synagogue bombing that killed four, with calls for a parliamentary probe and Interior Minister Bonnet's resignation. A neo Nazi group linked to 30 Paris officers raises concern as state security takes over the investigation amid ongoing anti-Semitic attacks.
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Christopher Bonnet
European Nationalist Action Federation
Justice
Alain Peyrefille
State Security Court
Arc de Triomphe
Latin Quarter
France
Schmidt Wins Four More Years in Bonn Victory
West German voters gave Chancellor Helmut Schmidt a larger Bundestag majority, boosting his Social Democrats to 218 seats and the coalition with the Free Democrats to 271 seats overall. Franz Josef Strauss and the Christian Democrats fell back to 226 seats as the SPD-FDP alliance pursues detente and social peace.
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Helmut Schmidt
Schmidt
Franz Josef Strauss
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Hans Dietrich Genseher
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Germany
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Europe
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Strauss
Christian Democrats
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