| Show 1 NDEPENDEINIT VOICE SINCE 1871 UTAH'S odemp k1 q 1A1T3 ElTit 14111S ip FEBRUARY 1 SUNDAY C 2004 THE Skill LUCE TEEIHUWE 2004 PVf41 'MU It 7' 40$10111- - )17-7"7- (77:7-7- i) -- 1 IP" t 1 " A 1 1 k Arrr r" Vdi amMolinnir op L--1 4 qr — "1 11) -- ? 0 ro) ilk 9- "- A IAN'S ALI THE ACTION IN TODAY'S SUPER GUIDE TO Ma IP" ) rN 1 014 0 UTAH STAGES COMEBACK MOUT PAJERO 1 4'Th tr 4i V 4 - TO BEAT BYO 6 64-5- f 13 SFCZTS SECTIVI C 13 emo crats over1 ( stake out their battlegTolulds uestions 0 Tuesday votes: Kerry is eonipe6ng in sewn states others are targedng or'Lly eeztain ones MANY ARE STRUGGLING WITH MEDICARE REFORM 113v 0 IMP Neu IDA Timm — The medicine bathroom shelf at Ward's HOLLADAY-with the drugs taken by many of litah's senior citizens LisinoprilLipitorLexapro Simvastin — about seven drugs forLeon and four for Virghlia Mat counting "CD the vitamins 'weboth take to keep going?' she says They struggle to cover their pharmacy till And that is something else the Wards glare with many ITtalms Ask them about the new Medicare plan and the Wards laugh 1 don't think we'll benefit'" Leon says 1 am confused" "I am too" Virginia says "And I try tokeep abreast of things" Leon adds Once again they are not alone Prom nursing borne directors to physicians and patients:many Americans are confused about or skeptical dale proposed Changes in Medicare "Everything is up in the air right now and nobody knows Where it is going at this point" says Bruce Allison director of Alpine Valley Care Center in Pleasant Grove I ' - iii'"' IP L t --- - '1ft ' t I ' ‘1:4 1 o ' lik I IF IVIt i 4 :1 ''''---- e -- ' 1 i ‘ I t l' 2114 ' ' '0 1 Al i 't ) ) f 1 ' i1 LJ (!11 hiC 3 tErtvA"nu itr' Sen John terry arddrisses supporters 14 a Dy in 01:Inhoma Cffrvn Seturtity lft - - Or k weekend about where tocompete in TuesdaY's fartlimg d ay primaries and caucuses with romy writing ciff states in h 'conoession to twinTling time and tif7fi1fftfiä bank accounts Sen 3cihn Kerry cif Massachusetts was the lardy candi date !battling iTi :all seven states tak- !SttutlOPErULS t IP :11 490 this reported receiving the mcnnent Democratic Idcmors 'sensed he might be the horse to bet 'on By contrast Gn 'Wesley : t 1 4 ATentage itif the 117tr11 tis4- bility he 'gained With big victories over Howard Dean itn NfIV !Hampshire :and Iowa 'and the !flood cu contribirticms his tides ' OA )1 tig In- I Idecisions lagt-Intrut- ' The major Democratic !presidential (candidates made :a 9eriPS 'cif crittICEa ' 1 SC CHARLESTON BY 'BROOKE ADAMS Mt Salt Laia'Tribunr --- i i A triple threat to ed funding looms on horizon Fortyone million Americans: President Bush signed the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Sone economists Changing demographic A1 2 See MEDICARE 1 kit RUTEVELAC rill Part ola major overhaul prescription drug houfits are pnt and center - kr)km N AOCYLINEY Ali17) get the money to question 'Acre the state soon-to-for the spiraling emu pay AO be in Bail 'MSS New law boosts Preferred Provider Organize-lion- EY 5 ca: F MILD Mr Sob 1At 1 ribour s - a health care organization composed of -physicians and hospitals to provide regional tlfyciu think firnding TON ic eductrtion iin LTU is a dhallenge MOW 1)1114 Whit a few years A perfect storm -- booming student enrcament a tat 'Or coverage El Utah hospitals conflicted over Medicare law El Medicare Modernization Act timeline E8 s modestly growing ectmonty and qthanging migration —Is f4low1y but surely beginning to 'converge 'Alm TIOW 'wrangling does probably M the 'Mal decade la overeducaion funding may locik 'ha on these past few years as the good cud days Legistlators have recently ILthen heart from figures !not only relatively SA studerrt f3nrCiaMenl In years but little dhange in the ratio of students to emOloyed workers — the !Rills 1A'ho irlay the taxes 'to fund the tttate's Ilan-tern- 111 in '1'1107() 111111671(KM i'lLANCINCII'Ll()LHEI'll "rhi'W IJJkI7fliMlPW Medicare by the nmnbers z5raza 1C4C42 mEtaLo'" Medicare enrollees 'Lltahns age 65 and older (85 percent of population) nationally Senior enrollees in Utah altr572 LOT billion :Disabled enrollees in Utah Expenditures in dollars in'litati (July 2001) '(July 2001) (July 2001) fmMrtiimm and MtriimidSeminv NNW sdhocils In fact this '"student per vorker burden" j expected to i1igIitIy dedline for the !next cc write if years tillowed by a :Se( B5 Violence in Iraq kills 15 including three GIs 'work or associate with American 13ty ties? The carnage comes on the eve ofthe sacred Muslim feast of Eid al Adha or the Feast of Saaiice 'troops Iraqi police have been 'pardcillarly 'vulnerable — their 'headquarters make for 'frequent !targets and more than 300 officers have !been 'killed in militant 'hits 'since the IJS4ed coalition occupied Iraq A number of !blasts could he !heard 'late Saturday in Baghdad and a lialice official said at least !three 'people 'were 'killed and two 'wounded When a mortar or rocket us NEWS SERVICES MOSUL Iraq — A'bomMaden 'car barreled into a barricade and exploded at police 'headquarters in this northern city Saturday 'killing nine officers as they lined 'up for paychecks that included a 'bonus for dangerous duty Three soldiers were also killed in Iraq's north and at least three civilians died in a Baghdad rocket attack 'bringing the grisly toll on The we of a sacred Muslim feast to 15 The latest carnage comes amid 'US warnings that insurgents are Increasingly targeting Iraqis who I WrATHER INSIDE Business Books 0I4 Lottery B2 El Movies IMO 4 Partly cloudy 011 and low 30s W2 Obituaries Crossword D12 Puzzles DI2 Icatormis AM Renew B5 sunny and near Sp:rts CI 50 south Landers taa (117tt-:- b north mostly 7L--:z 1 Th SI rzt - Ii - 17 1021111 '71 - : - rr "" t Z- 'ItilLENCE ' I' - L 1 sutivrial leTel POOR COPY IPgiwi01!em 111 BE 06 BE 7E E 71 6 71 1 779 77 al ni nino 71 7E2 7EE 7b6 75 7E2 u tt 70 'BB ID '9U 'VI '92 '93 '94 '9b '96 '07 '91I '99 'DU liantat ar itrannaw anakam ioramfrre binary Vi5 147taamna mat the Garratar' (elite of Pimramr tawi tbdrel Trazze te zims '02 '93 "DI 74 litAl rah The Journa Starting today retidert will find The Wall Street journal 'Sunday inside The Salt Lake Tribune'' Sunday Business section each week adding the dustman insight inforniatam and financial sain-t- o the Tribune'' businetii and fi11111Citil report Baines Pages 1:34 t tkli Percertai el per capita personal income is Utah compared to that at the 'Plunged Pimp A9 Classibeds B6 into The densely 'populated Billadlyytit distrint In 'western Baghdad The three soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division were 'killed early 'Saturday when Ai 'hidden 'bomb :detonated as their convoy 'traveled southwest of Kirkuk the military said in a statement No 'other details were available 'Their deaths 'brought 'to 524 'the 'number of US 'troops who 'have tt FUNDING - 111T 11 1111'- 11 fi 1 Aloomt 27 I |
