Reform costs and future funding loom in health care debate
Guest Editorial argues that the 2003 Medicare drug benefit lacked a funding method and warns that current reform plans may similarly miss long term costs. It notes immediate 22 percent physician payment cuts and the risk of future Cadillac tax revenue failing to materialize, forecasting growing deficits without offsetting taxes or cuts. It urges mandatory funding to address the nation’s $12.5 trillion debt.
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Barack Obama
Congress
George W. Bush
Senate
Washington
Indianapolis Star
First voice transmission by Bell in 1876 celebrates milestone
On March 10 1876 Alexander Graham Bell's assistant heard him say Mr Watson come here I want to see you during the first successful voice transmission in Boston. The date also marks Columbus ending his second voyage in 1496 and Jefferson becoming America's minister to France in 1785. The 1848 treaty ending the Mexican American War was ratified by the Senate.
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Associated Press
Alexander Graham Bell
Boston
Bell
Watson
Christopher Columbus
France
Benjamin Franklin
Senate
Guadalupe Hidalgo
El Capitan and Del Norte Name School Citizens and Dragons
El Capitan Elementary announces 15 students named Chaparral Citizens across grades from Kindergarten to Sixth with named students. Del Norte Elementary names Dragons of the Month across grades with a long list of selected students and special categories for hearing impaired and physically handicapped students.
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el Capitan Elementary
Chaparral
Melissa Cain
Pete Lorton
Eddie Aguilar
Anella Dozier
Rebecca Teague
Jeff Tutor
Cynthia Wright
Stephanie Fairbanks
Israel Redding
Nicole Coston
Megan Hildebrandt
Holy Speer
Leroy Cardona
Noel Gonzales
Monica Pena
Stephanie Archuleta
Kerri Bishop
del Norte Elementary
Neal Burkhart
Gregory Burrola
Meredith Miller
Nicolle Gibson
Cathy Hamilton
Kristie Gonzales
Jen Jacobson
Jennifer Shirley
Shane Mehl
Ricky Reischman
Traci Mays
Kristina Turner
Merrill Davis
Margo Maynard
Johanna Tavarez
Beatriz Salazar
Veronica Gullez
Fort Stanton book chronicles a crown jewel of New Mexico forts
The illustrated history Fort Stanton: Legacy of Honor, Tradition of Healing by Lynda A. Sanchez explores the fort at Linktown County from Clovis culture through the Public Health Service years 1899 to 1953. It highlights notable figures like Billy the Kid Kit Carson and Black Jack Pershing, its stone construction, and later uses as a tuberculosis hospital and internment camp.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Fort Stanton
Lynda A. Sanchez
David Tremblay
Linktown County
Southwest
Billy the Kid
Lew Wallace
Kit Carson
Black Jack Pershing
George Patton
Buffalo Soldiers
Caribbean
Lynda Sanchez
Jornada
U.S. Indian Health Service
Gary Johnson
Bill Richardson
Sanchez
Angel
Lincoln County
Fred Nolan
Bob Utley
Utley
National Park Service
Drain the swamp ethics clash in Moran fundraiser probe
Washington Post details senior executives at Innovative Concepts debating who should buy a PMA Group wine fundraiser ticket for Rep. James Moran. Moran, on defense appropriations, sought earmarks as PMA presses for defense bill favors. Moran raised ninety one thousand nine hundred dollars in campaign checks to his personal account.
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Carol Leonnig
The
Washington Post
McLean, Va
James Moran
D-Va
Moran
Appropriations
Defense
PMA Group
PMA
House Ethics Committee
the Post
Earthquake Responses in Chile and Haiti Reveal Gaps
Analysis contrasts two quakes nine weeks apart. Chile’s 8.8 magnitude quake caused limited deaths due to deep epicenter, strict building codes, quick rescue capacity, and shelter on alert. Haiti’s 7.3 quake devastated a failed state with destroyed infrastructure, no codes, slow aid, and reliance on foreigners for relief.
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Chile
Haiti
Oped
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