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...community college event is one of a thousand the federal government is hosting around the country in a final drive to sign people up for the benefit. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt plans to visit 24 cities this week to plug the program. His department also has added 6,000 phone operators to field last-minute questions from seniors and quadrupled its computer capacity to handle a late surge of applications. Leavitt estimates that of the 43 million eligible for the drug benefit, 38 million are now covered by Medicare or other government programs. He told the Associated...
...exclaimed as he made his way into the pool with his tube. “This is the best idea that has ever happened in Harvard history!” A few students received gift certificates to b.good, Daedalus, Tommy’s Pizza, and Leavitt & Peirce, as well as an iPod Shuffle in a raffle, the results of which were announced just before the screening. Moviegoers also munched on theme-appropriate Swedish Fish as the lights dimmed for the opening credits. In addition to four lifeguards, four policemen, and the supervisor of the MAC pool, former UC presidential hopeful...
...official warnings about bird flu have been growing scarier in the past few days. In a speech last Sunday, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt advised folks to stock up on tuna fish and powdered milk in case the bird flu virus mutates into a form that could easily infect people. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns recently told reporters, "It would be almost biblical to think we would be protected." Then there was Robert Webster, the noted flu virologist from St. Jude Children's Research Center, who said on national television Tuesday night that he had a three-month supply...
They are taking seriously the bipartisan calls from states to be reimbursed for the tens of millions of dollars in emergency funds states have set aside to cover the gaps in Part D coverage. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt spent last week on damage-control patrol, trying to placate anxious seniors and state lawmakers angry about footing the bill for Medicare's mistakes. Maine Republican Senator Olympia Snowe said Leavitt reassured her on Friday that the Federal Government would use its authority to compel insurance plans to reimburse the states directly. Maine has spent $5 million...
...product is actually marketed.) More controversial, the bill would make it virtually impossible for individuals to sue for damages caused by any drug deemed a bioterrorism countermeasure, and BARDA would be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, keeping its work largely veiled from public scrutiny. HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt has said new liability protections should apply only to vaccines and medicines for pandemic flu, which is likely to delay action on Burr's "BioShield 2" bill until next year...