People who are eligible for Medicare can select a plan for health and drug benefits each fall. The signup time is called the “open enrollment period.” This is also the time when most people can switch their plan if desired.
The 2008 Medicare enrollment time is from Saturday through Dec. 31. New coverage starts Jan. 1, 2009.
Medicare has several types of plans. Part A covers in-patient services, such as hospital and skilled nursing home care. Read the rest of this entry »
SACRAMENTO—The state attorney general’s office is fighting an attempt to hold Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in contempt of court for not releasing $8 billion for new inmate medical facilities.
The court-appointed receiver who runs the prison medical system has asked a federal judge in San Francisco to force Schwarzenegger and Controller John Chiang to turn over the money.
But Attorney General Jerry Brown said in a filing Monday that the federal Read the rest of this entry »
Detectives investigating the possible revenge killing of a 20-year-old man
today released five people without charge.
Dwayne Ayres was stabbed to death just days after being released from prison
having completed a two-and-a-half year sentence for causing the death of two
of his friends by dangerous driving while high on drugs.
He was attacked on the doorstep of a bungalow in Hook, Hampshire, at about 2am
on Sunday.
Six people were Read the rest of this entry »
By Andrew M. Harris
Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) — P.
, a former Bear
Stearns Cos. managing director, pleaded guilty to a fraud charge
for his role in helping two men advance a plot to win a Chicago-
area hospital construction contract.
Hurtgen, 46, of Glencoe, Illinois, entered his plea to
aiding and abetting wire fraud today before U.S. District Judge
in federal court in Chicago. A trial had been
scheduled to start March 9. Prosecutors agreed to Read the rest of this entry »
The drugs case against entertainer Todd McKenny has been dropped
by police during a brief court hearing today.
McKenny, a radio, television and stage personality, was due to
have his case heard this week, but the prosecution announced today
it would be dropping the charge of possession of gamma
hydroxybutyrate – known as fantasy.
Police discovered a vial of the drug in McKenny’s pants pocket
when they found him unconscious in Rushcutters Bay Park Read the rest of this entry »
Recently, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that HR 971 would
increase federal costs by $640 million over ten years and that increased
drug costs to private health plans, employers, and consumers would
result in “reductions in the scope or
generosity of health insurance benefits, such as increased deductibles
or higher copayments.” CBO’s
analysis also contends that cost increases resulting Read the rest of this entry »
- against the high-profile performer dismissed after determining there was only a “remote” prospect of convicting him, writes court reporter
.
claim the drug known as GHB had been planted on him – after showering at a friend’s party – left the onus on police to prove he knew he was carrying the drug he was found with at Rushcutters Bay Park on April 25.
judge maintained his innocence throughout the public ordeal, which followed his arrest, he Read the rest of this entry »
People who are eligible for Medicare can select a plan for health and drug benefits each fall. The signup time is called the “open enrollment period.” This is also the time when most people can switch their plan if desired.
The 2008 Medicare enrollment time is from Saturday through Dec. 31. New coverage starts Jan. 1, 2009.
Medicare has several types of plans. Part A covers in-patient services, such as hospital and skilled nursing home care. Read the rest of this entry »