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Is Annapolis the Beginning of the Beginning?
For the first time since the Clinton Administration, Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to resume negotiations. We hear about a framework for peace and the prospects for success or failure. Also, the high cost of hospice, when patients live longer than expected.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenFor the first time since the Clinton Administration, Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to resume negotiations. We hear about a framework for peace and the prospects for success or failure. Also, patients are outliving doctors' expectations, and Medicare wants millions of dollars reimbursed from providers of hospice.
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2 storiesIsraeli and Palestinian Leaders Agree to Negotiating Plan
There's been growing skepticism that Israel and the Palestinians could even agree on a framework for resuming Middle East peace negotiations. But today, after a lapse of seven years, President Bush said the time is right.
Read the story43 minThe Hospice Biz
Originally designed to assist the dying at the very end of their lives hospice coverage by Medicare started in 1983. For a patient to qualify, two doctors must certify that he or she has less than six months to live.
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