Medicaid funds misdistributed by outdated formula
GAO says federal Medicaid dollars for the poor were reduced by 3.2 billion in 1989 due to a per capita income based formula. The report urges replacing the measure with poverty levels and taxable resources to better aid states with high poverty and weak tax bases. States named include Arkansas California Florida Georgia Kentucky Mississippi New York Tennessee and Texas.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
GAO
Janet L. Shikles
House
Government Operations Subcommittee On Human Resources
Shikles
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
New York
Tennessee
Texas
Coca Cola contest winners dispute invalid tickets
A Traverse City woman and three other Michigan entrants claimed $25,000 prizes in Coca Cola USA’s Diet Coke Super Bowl contest after their game pieces appeared authentic. Officials said XXII pieces were not genuine and could not prove a win. The dispute centers on misprinted or misread pieces amid limited XXII prints.
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Traverse City
Mich
Coca-Cola USA
Cheryl Hoch
Michigan
Hoch
Coca-Cola
Det Ae Breyme le Sst
CocCola
Bob Bertini
David
Bertini
Terry Brechbill
D.L. Blair
Court upholds life sentence for legless Vietnam vet
A California appeals court affirmed a life without parole murder sentence for Stanley Verketis, a Vietnam veteran who lost both legs in 1968. The court expressed sympathy for his wounds but ruled he killed police officer Arthur Koch in Fairfield in July 1984, after his descent into addiction and personality changes.
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San Francisco
Nam
Clinton White
Stanley Verketis
Arthur Koch
Verketis
Fairfield
Milk production hormone deemed safe for cows
A National Institutes of Health panel found that the recombinant bovine somatotropin BST used to boost milk production poses no health risk to humans and does not alter the safety of milk or beef. The panel urged more research on a dairy disorder and a slight growth factor increase in milk. Protests interrupted the briefing.
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Washington
National Institutes of Health
Melvin M. Grumbach
San Francisco
NIH
Grumbach
University of California
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