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...Democrats contend - and many health experts agree - that the House G.O.P. plan, which relies on private insurance companies to provide coverage, is unworkable. No such scheme exists on the private market, and insurers say that's because they simply can't offer it at an affordable price. To save money, the Republicans would cover a portion of drug costs up to $2,000 but beyond that would leave retirees on their own to pay for drugs until their costs...
Democrats contend--and many health experts agree--that the House G.O.P. plan, which relies on private insurance companies to provide coverage, is unworkable. No such scheme exists on the private market, and insurers say that's because they simply can't offer it at an affordable price. To save money, the Republicans would cover a portion of drug costs up to $2,000 but beyond that would leave retirees on their own to pay for drugs until their costs...
...officer filed a report of larceny of cash at 1280 Mass. Ave. Complaints will be sought in court against 32-year-old Laura Canham of Newton, Mass. for larceny over $250 by a single scheme...
Natural Boost Britain's organic farmers welcomed a government plan to double the amount of organic produce grown in the country. The scheme, which will give the farmers extra funds in recognition of the environmental benefits of their work, aims to reverse an unhealthy trend: because of increased competition from imports, 30% of organic farms in the U.K. are running at a loss, compared with 19% five years...
...Thursday, Italian officials announced the arrest of Tokhtakhounov, a suspected Russian mobster, on U.S. conspiracy charges filed in Manhattan federal court. It seems that Tokhtahkounov, who denies any wrongdoing, may have been at the heart of the scheme to award figure skating gold to the Russian pair, rather than the Canadians, employing French judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne to cast the deciding ballot. A day after the pairs medals were awarded, Le Gougne admitted to buckling under pressure to vote for the Russian pair in exchange for first-place votes for the French ice dancing team. Although she later rescinded...