Article: Medicare competition pilot program hit; Some Democrats aim to 'kill it' by exempting their states.(NATION)

Article: Senate Democrats call for a $200 million increase ...
International Herald Tribune;  April 30, 2008 ;     687 words ... ... Media Group International Herald Tribune 04-30-2008 Senate Democrats call for a $200 million increase in foreign food aid Byline ... 1.2 billion. The Senate proposed a much more modest pilot program to buy up to $25 million in food for donation from producers ...

Article: Arm-twisting wins 220-215 Medicare vote; Senate ...
The Washington Times;  November 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... comprehensive health insurance, including prescription drugs. Republicans also tried to instill long-term reforms through a pilot program in which Medicare would compete directly against the private plans, starting in 2010 in a six-year, six-city test ...

Article: Washington, Md.?
The Boston Globe;  March 3, 1996 ;     657 words ... ... only allow some local-option version, and the District Council is on record as opposed even to a pilot program. Despite this, Senate Democrats held up the district funding bill twice last week, once again abusing their ability to mount a ...

Transcript: AIRPORT SCREENER PRIVATIZATION PILOT ...
Congressional Testimony;  April 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... two-year private security screening pilot program designed to determine whether, with ... October 10, 2002, TSA awarded four pilot program contracts covering five different sized ... Covenant Aviation Services). The pilot program began at the five airports on November ...

Article: Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program Enacted By ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  August 31, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Patent Prosecution Highway" (PPH) pilot program with the Japan Patent Office (JPO ... filed in both offices. Under the PPH pilot program, an applicant who filed first in the ... s) filed in the USPTO. The PPH pilot program is reciprocal, such that the JPO also ...

Article: Sen. Akaka Introduces Bill Concerning Pilot Program ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... a bill (S. 2796) to "require a pilot program on the use of community-based organizations ... legislation follows:S. 2796To require a pilot program on the use of community-based organizations ... in Congress assembled,SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS ...

Article: Rep. Bilirakis Introduces TRICARE Mail-Order Pharmacy ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... introduced the TRICARE Mail-Order Pharmacy Pilot Program Act (H.R. 2319), legislation ... establish a Mail-Order Pharmacy Pilot Program." The bill, introduced on May 15 ... follows:TRICARE Mail-Order Pharmacy Pilot Program ActH.R. 2319To establish a Mail ...