Tuesday, November 01, 2005

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By Rick Weiss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 23, 2005; Page A02

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a phone-book-thick proposed rule yesterday that would give the federal government new powers to track the comings and goings of individual travelers and expand the circumstances under which passengers exposed to a serious communicable disease could be isolated or quarantined.

CDC Proposal Would Help U.S. Track Travelers
More Contact Information and Greater Ability to Quarantine Could Help Stem Spread of Disease


The prices offered by the Medicare drug plans are higher than all four benchmarks, in some cases significantly so," the report concluded. "This increases costs to seniors and federal taxpayers and makes it doubtful that the complicated design of Medicare Part D provides any tangible benefit to anyone but drug manufacturers and insurers."

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