One benefit in the program resembled a pizza parlor coupon promotion: Buy 16 flights, get one free.
In the interests of fairness, Congress should insist that the drug benefits in the traditional program be roughly comparable to those in the private plans, especially in terms of providing coverage for all beneficiaries.
In the interest of getting all of the support you possible can, you MUST know about these special, sometimes hidden benefits in the Medicare program.
In fact, there is no such avenue for disability benefits in the SSI program, which has an extremely rigorous set of eligibility requirements.
Once the intervention program ceased, the magnitude of these effects gradually diminished over time, but the benefits of participation in the program remained statistically significant for more than a year after the program finished.
Furthermore they questioned the benefits of the program, in particular in relation to the costs.
The study looked at absenteeism and turnover rates to determine quantitative business benefits of the program in four factories in Egypt and Pakistan, and the results clearly demonstrate the value of investing in women's health.
Drug benefits in the traditional Medicare program should be the same as those available in private plans, Mr. Daschle said.
Republicans also have proposed spending that would impact the bottom line, including expanded dental benefits in the Medi-Cal program and a package of new tax breaks.
And in the Gore-Lieberman administration, we're going to pass a prescription drug benefit in the Medicare program for all of our seniors.
