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...issue while writing about birth-control pioneer Margaret Sanger, and his landmark 1966 book, Abortion, was cited by the Supreme Court in its 1973 ruling to legalize abortion. He co-founded the pro-choice group now known as NARAL; lobbied for the manufacture of the abortion-inducing drug RU-486 in the U.S.; and targeted abortion opponents in lawsuits, including an unsuccessful challenge of the IRS for giving tax exemptions to the Catholic Church...
...gangs or disrupt their business. In New Orleans, both happened overnight. Hurricane Katrina sundered what no man could, sending the criminals fleeing in all directions. So now there was a mystery: What would happen next? What would become of the criminal population when stripped of its neighborhood affiliations, its drug suppliers and a well-worn black-market infrastructure? This is a story about what happened to the gangs of New Orleans. But it is also a story about a culture of killing and what it takes to change...
...plans to visit 24 cities this week to plug the program. His department also has added 6,000 phone operators to field last-minute questions from seniors and quadrupled its computer capacity to handle a late surge of applications. Leavitt estimates that of the 43 million eligible for the drug benefit, 38 million are now covered by Medicare or other government programs. He told the Associated Press on Sunday that 90% could be covered before the May 15 deadline, "which would be a remarkable outcome for the first year of the program." After May 15, seniors who haven't signed...
...good news is a relief for Republicans like Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, who in January was besieged by elderly voters in his state angry over snafus in the program. Today he's hearing from seniors "who are raving about the money they're now saving on their monthly prescription drug plans," Coleman says. "The program is working...
...bill reaches $5,100 and Medicare resumes paying. For many seniors who signed up early, the doughnut hole will soon arrive. "Once they hit it, they're going to be enormously surprised and upset," says Pollack. "When they're in the doughnut hole and they pay 100% of their drug costs, they still have to pay the monthly premium. So this is like going to a gas station and all of a sudden there's no gas going into your car, but the dollar signs keep on going up." If frustration with the Medicare drug program reaches anywhere near...