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To: regli who wrote (46056)	2/7/2006 9:27:49 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

It is NOT the cut in Medicare spending per se, it is the cut on the increase of Medicare spending (against inflation rate). These are two dif. concept as the US gov. argues<g>

To: regli who wrote (46056)	2/7/2006 10:11:38 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

Army demands $700 from Soldier The last time 1st Lt. William “Eddie” Rebrook IV saw his body armor, he was lying on a stretcher in Iraq, his arm shattered and covered in blood. A field medic tied a tourniquet around Rebrook's right arm to stanch the bleeding from shrapnel wounds. Soldiers yanked off his blood-soaked body armor. He never saw it again. But last week, Rebrook was forced to pay $700 for that body armor, blown up by a roadside bomb more than a year ago. .... He was informed there was no record that the body armor had been stripped from him in battle. He was told to pay nearly $700 or face not being discharged for weeks, perhaps months. wvgazette.com