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Congress Readies to Give President More Power

While some in Congress were please to see the Supreme Court curb President Bush's authority with its Guantanamo ruling, others on Capitol Hill have already set to crafting legislation that would allow the president to handle the detainees as he sees fit.

The federal government will develop a website with information on how Medicare therapy claims should be handled.

Plan Approved To Fix Misunderstandings On Medicare Therapy Coverage

Many seniors are denied coverage for rehabilitation because therapists mistakenly believe that patients must be improving to qualify. A new legal order seeks to clarify the standards.

Whoa! Medicare Administrator Donald Berwick now qualifies for Medicare, a first for a sitting head of the federal health program.

Medicare Chief Turns 65 And Qualifies For Coverage He Oversees

Medicare Administration Dr. Donald Berwick will now eat his own health insurance cooking. He started signing up for coverage earlier this week and hopes to have his Medicare card within a few weeks. He said he's getting no special treatment in the application process.

Some airline issues continued Monday after a faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide and resulted in several carriers grounding flights, but the number of flights impacted is declining. Here, a Delta Air Lines jet leaves the gate on Friday, July 19, 2024, at Logan International Airport in Boston.

Delta canceled hundreds of flights Monday as it recovers from CrowdStrike failures

As of Monday afternoon, the Atlanta-based airline has canceled more than 800 flights and delayed roughly 1,400 flights, according to FlightAware.

HHS head RFK Jr. is removing all members of a key CDC vaccine policy committee

Health and Human Services head, RFK Jr, is replacing all current members of CDC vaccine advisory committee. We discuss the potential impact on public health policy.

Medicare Advantage health plans have enrolled nearly 27 million members, or about 45% of people eligible for Medicare. A recent analysis finds Medicare overpaid the private health plans by more than $106 billion from 2010 through 2019 because of the way the plans charge for sicker patients.

Medicare Advantage's cost to taxpayers has soared in recent years, research finds

An alternative to original Medicare, the private plans are run mostly by major insurers. A recent analysis estimates Medicare overpaid these insurers by $106 billion from 2010 through 2019.

Biden signs a $1.2 trillion funding package, averting a partial government shutdown

The compromise funding package will keep the federal government running through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.

. Kobe Aftermath

Liane Hansen speaks with NPR's Julie McCarthy about the atest disaster relief efforts in Kobe, Japan. Following last week's atastrophic earthquake, landslides and an influenza epidemic are the latest azards to befall the port city. The death toll from the quake has now topped 9-hundred.

Elizabeth Arnold Reports From South Carolina On The Final Hours

of frenetic campaigning by the top four candidates before Saturday's all-important primary.

Pentagon Rehab

Laura Womack of member station W-A-M-U in Washington reports the Pentagon is in the midst of a two billion dollar renovation project to update outmoded electrical, water, and sewage systems. The main problem for the workers is working in areas with a lot of top secret material and not compromising national security.

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