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...health care, too, Reich’s progressive ideas stand out. He has stressed the importance of preserving Massachusetts’ state Medicaid benefits and improving access to affordable health insurance for the state’s neediest citizens. As important, Reich has outlined the money that could be saved both by using bulk prescription drug purchasing and by providing more effective community medical services to seniors in their homes. In the latter case, an estimated $41 million is at stake, according to the Massachusetts Home Care Coalition—in addition to improving the quality of life for seniors...
...after last week's legislative debacle - which saw the death of a Senate bill that would have given a drug benefit to the neediest seniors - the prescription politics that have so favored Democrats in the past are suddenly getting slippery for them. The Republican- controlled House passed a drug proposal in June, but the Democratic Senate voted down four separate plans over the past two weeks. With the defeat of the final one, the legislative action is over until next year. Bring on the attack...
...after last week's legislative debacle--which saw the death of a Senate bill that would have given a drug benefit to the neediest seniors--the prescription politics that have so favored Democrats in the past are suddenly getting slippery for them. The Republican-controlled House passed a drug proposal in June, but the Democratic Senate voted down four separate plans over the past two weeks. With the defeat of the final one, the legislative action is over until next year. Bring on the attack...
...Institute. Gallo is credited, along with French scientist Luc Montagnier, with pinpointing the link between HIV and AIDS. "I don't want to say there was pessimism, but there was a realization that a lot of the critical issues - like providing follow-up studies and continuing care to the neediest countries - are about policy, and are out of the realm of AIDS scientists...
...that a heart transplant costs $250,000, that their insurance doesn't cover it and that they're required to post a $75,000 deposit or their sick son will be sent packing. While it's true that hospitals expect to be reimbursed for services provided to even the neediest and most grievously ill patients, it's not true that they handle things in so mercenary a manner. "That's Hollywood," says Anne Paschke, spokeswoman for the United Network for Organ Sharing. "The fact is, there are a lot of things that would prevent that from happening in the real...