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A moving target
Special to The Morning CallIt seemed like a good idea. Baby boomers who never got around to saving as much as they hoped promised to keep working past retirement age. The joke in the generation has been: ''I'll just work forever.'' And the intent has shown up repeatedly in...Tags: Federal Reserve, Think Tanks, The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated, 401K, Personal Finance
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Chasing down retirement
It seemed like a good idea. Baby Boomers who never got around to saving as much as they hoped promised to keep working past retirement age. The joke in the generation has been: "I'll just work forever." And the intent has shown up repeatedly in research....Tags: Federal Reserve, Think Tanks, The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated, 401K, Personal Finance
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Under-Savers Might Not Get To Work Beyond Retirement Age
It seemed like a good idea. Baby boomers who never got around to saving as much as they hoped promised to keep working past retirement age. The joke in the generation has been: "I'll just work forever." And the intent has shown up repeatedly in research....Tags: Medical Services, Federal Reserve, Think Tanks, The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated, 401K
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WORLD & NATION UPDATE: AT HOME
The State Department urgently needs to overhaul the way it handles passport applications to avoid a repeat of the massive backlogs last summer that frustrated countless travelers, congressional investigators concluded. They said the department must...Tags: Government Health Care, Government, Timothy M. Kaine, Virginia, George Bush
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Medicare Part D a boon for drug companies, House report says
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterU.S. drug manufacturers are reaping a windfall from taxpayers because Medicare's privately administered prescription drug benefit program pays more than other government programs for the same medicines, a House committee charged in a report Thursday. The...Tags: Medicine, Henry A Waxman, Elections, Beverly Hills, Pharmaceuticals
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Get hooked on fishing
Drew Pack, 9, of Smithfield, pulls up a catch Tuesday morning at the James River Fishing Pier in Newport News during the Eighth annual Kiwanis Junior Fishing Clinic, sponsored by Kiwanis Division 21. About 250 children participated in the clinic and...Tags: Government Health Care, Fishing, Smithfield, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Private Health Care
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A drum major for righteous indignation
The occasion: The Senate vote on a bill to bar a 10.6 percent cut in payments to physicians who treat Medicare patients. Just before its July recess, the bill drew 59 "yea" votes — one shy of what was needed to cut off debate, eight shy of what...Tags: Government Health Care, Medicaid, Government, Bill Clinton, Primaries
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Health officials tout prescriptions by computer
Associated PressThose hard-to-read scribbled prescriptions from doctors could soon become a rarity. Beginning Jan. 1, the federal government will boost Medicare's payments to doctors that send prescriptions electronically to a pharmacy rather than writing them out on...Tags: Government Health Care, Government, Family, James King, Medicine
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GRAY MATTERS: Are you making out OK in this slow economy?
saulfriedman@comcast.netI got this idea from Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent socialist who is one of the real mavericks and straight-shooters on Capitol Hill. His idea seems most appropriate as we head into the finals of the presidential and congressional campaigns....Tags: Government Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Melville, Medical Services, Medicine
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Medicare course at senior center
The Cockeysville Senior Center will hold a program on "When I Turn 65, What Do I Need to Do to Get Medicare?" at 1 p.m. Thursday at 10535 York Road. Pat Venable from the Department of Aging will explain how to enroll to receive Medicare benefits....Tags: Government Health Care, Basketball
Jul 27, 2008
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