1. What is a "private contract" and what does it mean to a Medicare beneficiary who signs it? As provided in section 4507 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, a "private contract' is a contract between a Medicare beneficiary ...
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When people turn their minds to the plight of the poor and downtrodden, they rarely think of Bill Gates. Yet when the Clinton Administration announced a new federal spending program, it was aid to high-tech businesses the president had in ...
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The African-American leadership group Project 21 says allegations of perjury and an affair with an intern by President Clinton is a critical blow to the President in terms of trust and character. "This recent situation with the President takes on ...
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We all have fears. Like most Americans, European-Americans without racist attitudes fear a weak economy, a bad president or schools unable to educate their children. However, many African-Americans believe that European-Americans with racist attitudes still harbor a genuine fear of ...
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As much as the establishment media hates to admit it, freelance journalists using the internet are beating them on cracking some of the biggest news scoops of our time. Accusations that President Bill Clinton covered up an affair with former ...
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If you were asked to guess how many of the 535 member of Congress filed complete reports with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for the 1996 elections, how many would you guess? All of them? A respectable 90%? Are you ...
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Environmentalists who have accused the Republican Congress of conspiring with powerful industry groups to protect corporate profits at the expense of the environment may soon have some solid evidence to back up that claim. Over the next several months, the ...
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With just 76 legislative days planned this year in the U.S. Senate and even fewer planned for the House of Representatives, the prospects for significant movement on major environmental reform bills are dim. On the other hand, prospects for the ...
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Journalists increasingly are reporting that scientists have reached a consensus on global warming. Close examination of the evidence cited to support these claims, however, reveals that such claims simply don't hold water: Claim: Scientists agree that failing to respond to ...
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March 3, 1998 - The United State spends 82.9% of current public education expenditures on the salaries and benefits of education employees, according to a new report by the Education Intelligence Agency. The 20-page report, "One Yard Below: Education Statistics ...
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