Democrats Oppose LePage Budget Cuts to Prescription Drug Aid, Hospital Payments

Published April 22, 2013

Democrats oppose LePage budget cuts to prescription drug aid, hospital payments

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Democrats also opposed scaling back another drug assistance program for seniors, the Medicare Savings Program, which is available to seniors who receive Medicare but also qualify for some Medicaid benefits. The opposition to scaling back the program …
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Prince William supervisors set to vote on budget

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Supervisors also initially agreed to eliminate a $ 607,000 drug-treatment program for Prince William County Jail inmates called DORM, or Drug Offender Rehabilitation Module, but have since backed off that plan. Va. Commonwealth's Attorney Paul B. Ebert …
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Lead abatement, alcohol taxes and 10 other ways to reduce the crime rate …

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As criminologist Mark Kleiman told me last month, “Any sentence about drug policy that doesn't end with 'raise alcohol taxes' is an incoherent sentence.” He's hardly the only one with that view. Economics, criminology and … The one crime policy which …
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