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...trust fund covers only half of Medicare: hospitalization insurance, known as Part A. It is financed by a payroll tax-currently 2.9%, split equally between employee and employer. Part B, for doctor bills, is voluntary, but such a good deal that nearly everyone eligible signs up. Beneficiaries pay a premium--currently $46.10 a month--but this covers only 29% of the cost. The rest comes from general funds. In all, Medicare covers 37 million Americans (33 million senior citizens and 4 million disabled people) at a projected cost this year of $181 billion...
...population are much different from those of a general population," said Richard W. Valachovic, chief of the UHS Dental Service. "Most students don't have a lot of needs like a loss of teeth because of periodontal disease, crowns and bridges or dentures. We're able to bring the premium very, very low while covering the kind of treatment they need...
...million. "We are supposed to provide all the same services and do it with less. Medicare, to its credit, is the only payer that contributes anything to the cost of medical education, and that has got to change.'' UCLA has already talked with several local hmos about a premium tax to finance teaching functions. Others have suggested imposing such a surtax on all insurance premiums. Says Bruce Kelly, the director of government relations at Mayo: "We endorse a set-aside program to fund research and teaching.'' But a delegation of teaching-hospital administrators who visited Capitol Hill...
...past, the University has paid 85 percent of the premium," said HUCTW President Donene Williams. "For people who work part-time, they'll pay 70 percent of the cheapest plan [under the proposed changes]. We have between 500 and 600 part-time workers who would be affected...
...must give every advantage to parents, helping them not only to control the passage of strangers in and out of their home but also to be better parents; it should place a premium on parent education and support, including parent-to-parent support...