Leavitt: U.S. Will Reimburse New Jersey (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060126/ap_on_he_me/medicare_costs"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060126/capt.njme10201261835.medicare_costs_njme102.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=HGPO2n4gsQGUHWnG1XTacA--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt speaks outside the governor's office after a meeting with New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine in Trenton, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006. Leavitt told Corzine that the federal government would reimburse New Jersey for costs incurred to ensure that medicine went to residents wrongly denied coverage under the new Medicare prescription drug plan. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)" border="0" /></a>AP - The nation's top health official said the federal government would reimburse New Jersey for costs incurred to ensure that medicine went to residents wrongly denied coverage under the new Medicare prescription drug plan.</p><br clear=all>