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...nearly 40 million other Medicare recipients whose drug bills are not covered by the government's health plan for the elderly will be at the center of a high-profile joust between the President and Republicans. Both sides plan to introduce some kind of prescription-drug benefit into the Medicare system while retrofitting the 34-year-old program to keep it from collapse. Even before Clinton could formally announce his plan, scheduled for this week, the Republicans attacked his proposed premium increase as a tax hike, labeling the whole plan another sneaky attempt at government control of health care. Many...
...well does it work? Scientific Learning's studies of 1,000 users claim that 90% of them gained an average of 1.5 years to two years in such skills as following directions and understanding complex sentences. But the company does not yet know why some children benefit more than others, or why some may not benefit at all. "There is no silver bullet," warns Reid Lyon, the head of child development and behavior studies at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, which is conducting a five-year study of Fast ForWord and other remediation programs...
...unions are being hailed as an elixir for consumers. Supporters of the movement contend that by banding together to negotiate contracts, doctors can better argue for coverage of such things as drug prescriptions and access to specialists. Says the A.M.A.'s board chair Randolph Smoak: "This is designed to benefit our frustrated patients...
...said, would first be used to save Social Security by permitting Social Security taxes to be allocated "for Social Security, period," rather than being needed to help balance the budget. The surplus, said the President, would next be used to strengthen Medicare and to fund his prescription drug benefit plan, details of which leaked out over the weekend before the official announcement on Tuesday. And lastly -- in a signal to both Republicans and Democrats to come to the Social Security and Medicare negotiating table -- the President said extra money could be used to fund some tax relief and boost some...
...last benefit is of no small importance to Mrs. Clinton, who is gearing up to run for one of New York's U.S. Senate seats and faced the possibility of being called as a witness in the Hubbell case. For Starr, the plea bargain allows him to leave the public stage with a certain level of vindication after having repeatedly pursued Hubbell on Clinton-related matters. It also sweetens somewhat the bitter taste of recent defeats -- the acquittal and mistrial of Susan McDougal and the mistrial of Juliet Hiatt Steele. Of course, it is unlikely to change the verdict...