Sept. 26, 2016  Good news for many seniors: Medicare Advantage premiums will remain stable and more enrollees will have access to higher quality plans in 2017, according to word last week from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)... premiums and costs for Medicare health and drug plans for the 2017.
Germany's nuclear ship NS Otto hahn at sea. The NS Otto Hahn's reactor is removed during decommissioning. The German-built NS Otto Hahn is one of only four nuclear powered cargo vessels ever built (the others are the NS Savannah, the Russian container ship Sevmorput, and the Japanese NS Mutsu). Configured to carry passengers and ore, the NS Otto Hahn was powered by a single 38 MW reactor which first achieved criticality in 1968.
The Navy ship count could hit 274 ships in FY 2015 (using the original Battle Force ship count rules). 13 Due to topline budget pressures, the Navy is proposing to decommission one aircraft carrier and 10 frigates, though Congress has yet to finalize whether or not the Navy will be able to retire these ships. 14 Should sequestration occur in FY 2016 and following years, the Battle Force ship count will continue to decrease, potentially falling as low as 255 by FY 2020. 15