The Tribal Justice Plan is attached and may be accessed at the following web sites: • Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Tribal Law and Order Act: Implementation • National Congress of American Indians’ Tribal Law and Order Resource Center Following our public outreach to Indian Country on the draft Tribal Justice Plan, Indian tribes, advocates, and contractors submitted 40 comments, sharing their concerns and recommendations. Each of these comments was discussed by DOJ and DOI staff, and most recommendations were included in the final Tribal Justice Plan. DOJ and DOI will continue to work on the implementation of the Tribal Justice Plan with tribal leadership, tribal justice practitioners, and community residents. More information on implementation meetings with federal and tribal representatives will be released later this summer. For updates, please visit the Tribal Law and Order Act: Implementation page at www.bja.gov/grant/tloa.html.
The total savings over the next decade for these beneficiaries would be $61 billion. If beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare HMOs received similar discounts, the total savings over the next decade would be $96 billion. - Over six million Medicare beneficiaries could avoid the “donut hole.” Drug benefits under standard Medicare drug plans end once beneficiaries have used $2,250 worth of drugs and do not begin again until they have used over $5,100 worth of drugs. The latest estimates indicate that 6.2 million beneficiaries nationwide will hit the donut hole this year, resulting in average out-of-pocket costs of $1,700 per beneficiary. Democratic reform proposals in Congress would provide enough savings to eliminate or significantly reduce the size of the donut hole.