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...promising sophomore campaign was cut short when he broke his collarbone in Harvard’s 24-22 second-week loss at Brown...
...with the Bulldogs’ recent misfortune against archrival Harvard. Murphy is 10-5 against Yale and has led the Crimson to victory in The Game in seven of the last eight years. Williams, a former assistant coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, will have his work cut out for him this season. While Harvard is picked to win the Ivy title for the third straight year, the Bulldogs are projected to be a middle-of-the-pack team, and the graduation of star running back Mike McLeod should make the Crimson the favorite when the teams clash in New Haven...
...Medicare Baucus has held down the fiscal impact of his legislation by proposing to cut a hefty $500 billion in Medicare costs. The bill claims to do this by trimming a lot of fat out of the system and setting up an independent, nonpartisan panel that will take away Congress's power to set Medicare payment policies and reimbursement rates. But, most controversially, the bill takes a big chunk of money from the Medicare Advantage program, which essentially subsidizes insurers. "We are committed to working with policymakers and stakeholders to find savings in the Medicare program, including Medicare Advantage...
...While proponents argue that today's seniors will feel little or no difference in their levels of coverage, many Medicare beneficiaries are still worried, as was evident during August's heated town halls. In response, several Senators have introduced legislation to scale back those cuts. "I will offer an amendment to grandfather in all the senior citizens on Medicare so that they're not going to be cut from the Medicare Advantage," said Florida Senator Bill Nelson. He plans to offset that by asking pharmaceutical firms to apply the same rebates they currently give to Medicaid patients to Medicare recipients...
...problem is that in the current economy, a number of already cash-strapped states can hardly afford Medicaid at current levels, let alone an expansion. Ohio, for example, would likely have had to cut back on its existing Medicaid benefits if it hadn't been for the stimulus funds the state received earlier this year. Many people on Medicaid also would be absorbed into the so-called exchanges in which lower-income people would purchase their insurance, a move that some Democrats don't like. "Everybody gets to keep the insurance they have except if you're poor, and that...