Sunday, September 26, 2004

Lauisiana Gov Pushes Choice Louisiana governor pushes choices for elderly, disabled  Posted: 09/24/2004 -- Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco vowed Thursday to provide a broader array of choices for the elderly and disabled who get long-term care through Medicaid, setting up a possible confrontation with the nursing home industry, which currently gets the lion's share of money spent on those services, the Times-Picayune reports.... 6:56:51 AM    comment [] Cut Tubes Nursing home patients survive cut tubes  Posted: 09/24/2004 -- Someone slipped into the rooms of six patients at a Philadelphia nursing home and cut their feeding tubes, police said Thursday. None of the six was harmed, and the tubes were reinserted after the Wednesday morning discovery, the Associated Press reports.... 6:55:24 AM    comment [] Medicare Premium Pay At Risk American's poor to Lose Benefit that Pays Medicare Premium Unless Congress Acts Quickly. A federal program that pays monthly premiums for low income people with Medicare will expire on September 30th unless Congress moves swiftly to reauthorize the program... click link for more info. [Medical News Today] 6:50:40 AM    comment []

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