September 25, 2006 - HOUSE DEMS AGAIN URGE POMBO TO HOLD HEARING ON CORRUPTION AT INTERIOR DEPT. AND MISDEALINGS WITH OIL AND GAS ROYALTIES
Washington, DC -- A group of House Democrats today again called for an immediate Congressional hearing and investigation into reported unethical activities at the Bush Administration’s Department of Interior, including efforts by senior Interior Department officials to allow oil and gas companies to cheat American taxpayers out of royalty payments.
September 21, 2006 - 90% OF NEW MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM ENROLLEES IN MASSACHUSETTS AT RISK OF FALLING INTO THE DOUGHNUT-HOLE
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, unveiled the startling rates of Massachusetts residents who have significant gaps in their Medicare coverage. The report, prepared by the House Ways and Means Committee looked at 140,175 seniors and disabled workers in Massachusetts, and concluded that 90% of newly enrolled Medicare Part D beneficiaries are at risk of falling into the “doughnut-hole,” the part of the program that contains a gap in coverage where beneficiaries continue to pay premiums without receiving financial coverage for medicines. The report also concluded that only 6,706 new enrollees gained full, uninterrupted coverage through the new law and that those beneficiaries paid a high price – premiums that were 253% higher – to get full coverage.
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