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The trust fund covers only half of Medicare: hospitalization insurance, known as Part A. It is financed by a payroll tax-currently 2.9%, split equally between employee and employer. Part B, for doctor bills, is voluntary, but such a good deal that nearly everyone eligible signs up. Beneficiaries pay a...
The other direct way to make Medicare less costly for the government is to make it more costly for the participants. The Part B premium, for example, was originally intended to finance half the cost of the health care it provides. But now it covers less than a third. Raising...
That includes some scientists. Although he has never been to the very deepest trenches, ocean explorer Robert Ballard of Woods Hole, who is best known for discovering the wreck of the Titanic in 1985, is convinced that the action lies in the relative shallows. "I believe that the deep sea...
The O.J. trial is not a real court proceeding in the criminal-justice system [JUSTICE, July 17]. It has become a moneymaking venture for thousands of people because of the high-profile defendant. The scales of justice appear to be loaded with a preconceived verdict that he is guilty. This...
At first glance the park seems spacious enough to accommodate all comers. It covers more than 1.2 million acres and the most dramatic 56-mile stretch of the 277-mile-long Grand Canyon. But the broad vistas are deceptive. The rugged terrain funnels visitors along narrow strips of trails and...