Officials grapple with Medicare cost pressures
Washington officials from Congress the White House and the Social Security Advisory Council confront rising Medicare expenses. Proposals aim to trim funds by 1984 and over the next four years potentially shifting costs to seniors. Critics warn elderly would face higher hospital and health care bills with greater out of pocket payments in 1984.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Social Security Advisory Council
Social Security
Robert Rubin
Department of Health and Human Services
Reagan Administration
Karen Davis
American Public Health Association
Action Board
House
Rubin
Anderson Rules Out Tax on Professional Services
ALBANY The state Senate leader rejected Speaker Fink's plan to raise 350 million by taxing professional services. Anderson called it an anti consumer tax that would punish businesses and taxpayers alike. He warned professionals would pass the cost to consumers and noted New York's high tax reputation. Richard Horan joined in opposing the proposal, saying it would erode competitiveness and raise business costs.
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Albany
Senate
Assembly
Stanley Fink
Warren M. Anderson
Fink
Anderson
Richard Horan
Citizens Public Expenditure Survey Inc
Horan
Police arrest 20 in Miami standby riot sweep
Police in Liberty City deployed a convoy of patrol cars to quell unrest amid bottle tossing and a weekend melee. About 20 suspects were escorted down Dr Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard as authorities said the arrests targeted loitering and prowling with no reported injuries.
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Miami
Liberty City
African Square Park
Stephanie Dalton
Martin Luther King Jr
Dixon
Bands Boycott St Patrick’s Day Parade Over IRA Marshal
The UPI report notes military bands boycott the nation’s largest St Patrick’s Day parade after IRA supporter Michael Flannery was named grand marshal. With two days to go, politicians and Catholic leaders weigh participation as the 69th Infantry Band faces uncertain status and several bands pull out.
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New York
UPI
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Patrick Moynihan
D-N.y
Hugh Carey
Fifth Avenue
Green Line
Michael Flannery
Dublin
Terence Cooke
New York Times
26Th Army Band
Brooklyn
Fort Hamilton
M A S H finale prompts unusual water usage spike
New Yorkers reportedly rushed to bathrooms after the final M A S H episode. Peter Barrett of the city Department of Environmental Protection said water flow through two tunnels jumped by 200 million gallons per day for about 30 minutes, with 6.7 million extra gallons used and about 1.25 hundred million viewers tuning in, an unprecedented engineer note.
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New York
UPI
Peter Barrett
City Department of Enviromental Protection
Barrett
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