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Savings seen on diabetes supplies, other equipment
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Medicare is announcing a price cut.
Diabetes testing supplies now average about $16 a month for beneficiaries. That's going down to around $4.50.
Savings are also coming for many patients who rent home oxygen gear, hospital beds, wheelchairs and other equipment.
Medicare deputy administrator Jonathan Blum said Wednesday it's due to competitive bidding making inroads against wasteful spending.
Starting July 1, diabetes patients will get blood sugar testing supplies through a new national mail order program.
Competitive bidding for home medical equipment, now being piloted in nine cities, will expand to 100 metro areas, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Some seniors may have to switch suppliers, but taxpayers will save nearly $26 billion over 10 years.
Outside experts say Medicare should make even greater use of competitive bidding.
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Posted: Thursday, January 31 2013, 10:46 AM CST
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Friends remember `The Wall' after Okla. tornado
May 24, 2013 16:47 GMT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Friends and teammates of Kyle Davis attended the boy's funeral wearing soccer jerseys bearing the number "16."
A funeral was held Friday for the 8-year-old, known by his soccer teammates "The Wall." His teammates wore their own jerseys, and adults and others in the crowd wore shirts reading "K. Davis 16."
Soccer coach Landon House said Kyle inspired him to remain in coaching, telling him during an especially cold practice last fall that he really loved the game. House said the child had a positive attitude toward life, soccer and his teammates.
Kyle was among seven children killed when the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore collapsed when hit by an EF5 tornado Monday.
Monday's storm killed 24 people, including 10 children. Another twister Sunday killed two men at Shawnee.
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