| Taking a walk on the Rooney side
You ever wonder how Andy Rooney comes up with ideas for columns? I couldn't answer that, but I've often envied the way he can craft a full column out of a series of questions. So for this week, humor me as I try the Andy Rooney approach. You ever wonder why people spend years wringing their hands over whether a historic site such as the Alms House at Broome Community College can be saved? The historic site-buffs form committees and sign petitions, and college leaders and legislators argue about budget restrictions. Meanwhile, every Sunday night on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" you see a community strip an old house down to the ground and rebuild it in a week! Couldn't the repairs be done for a beloved building like the Alms House if the community chipped in and expended some good 'ole elbow grease? Geesh, even the Amish build barns in a day! You ever wonder why people would want to fill their bellies with fried chicken at 4 a.m.? If you ask me, they're just asking for acid reflux -- no matter how wonderful the recipe.
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Proposals would aim more retirees toward mail-order drugs
Defense officials are weighing new initiatives to limit access to the TRICARE retail drug network. They would particularly affect older beneficiaries using neighborhood drug outlets to get their maintenance medications.
Proposals under review, some of which require congressional action, were discussed Tuesday at the second public meeting of the Task Force on the Future of Military Healthcare.
The Defense Department wants help to drive a larger share of 6.7 million TRICARE pharmacy users into the mail-order program, which is far more efficient. Prescriptions filled by retail outlets cost TRICARE about 40 percent more than drugs obtained by mail.
After a yearlong marketing campaign, the number of beneficiaries using mail order rose only 11 percent, which disappointed officials.
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