Now online at AIDS Treatment News:

*** Bad Law in Congress This Week: Call Now
Call your representative Tuesday January 31 or early Wednesday
February 1 to oppose huge cuts in Medicaid (Medical Assistance, Medi-
Cal, or other names). [2006-01-30]
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/01/medicaid-cuts.html

*** Medicare Prescription Nightmare: Overview January 28, 2006
Hundreds of thousands of patients at least are having trouble
getting their Medicare Part D prescriptions filled. Some states have
provided emergency relief. This article -- which applied only to
persons eligible for MediCARE -- explains some of the major problems
and what is being done to relieve them, and suggest online and
telephone resources for information and answers to questions.
[2006-01-30]
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/01/medicare-nightmare.html

*** FDA, Companies Test RFID Tracking to Prevent Drug Counterfeiting
The U.S. has an apparently growing problem with fake, counterfeit
drugs entering the mainstream drug supply, and being fraudulently
sold at full price in regular pharmacies and hospitals; some have no
active ingredient, or too little, or substitute a cheap drug for an
expensive one. The FDA has asked the manufacturers to develop
technology to track all shipments electronically as they move through
the distribution chain; currently, RFID (radio frequency
identification) is the preferred method for doing so. This article
explains what is happening, and why we do not believe that this use
of RFID is a privacy threat -- though other privacy issues are among
the most important questions we face today. [2006-01-30]
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/01/rfid-tracking.html

*** Online "Smart Accounts" That Can Reproduce and Inherit: For
Artists, Fundraisers, and Others
An accidental invention for selling online newsletters could help
artists and service organizations raise money. [2006-01-30]
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/01/smart-accounts2.html

*** Buyers' Club List, December 2005
Each year AIDS Treatment News publishes an updated list of buyers'
clubs. [2006-01-30]
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/01/buyers-clubs.html

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John S James
AIDS Treatment News
www.aidsnews.org