The MAGI rules apply to eligibility determinations for CHP+ and most Health First Colorado programs, except for those programs for individuals over 65 years old and/or for people who have a disability. The use of MAGI standardizes income eligibility rules across all states.
That's one reason Thomson's first set will cost $8,000 and Zenith's $10,000. Still, all of the manufacturers swear that the prices will fall -- and fast. This isn't of concern just to them. Television stations that begin digital broadcasting, starting on Nov. 1, are spending millions to make the transition.
Of the 102,000 TV sets in the United States in early 1948, two-thirds were in the New York area, from which most of the first TV stations operated. Those living more than seventy-five miles from such urban centers as New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Boston, or Los Angeles could do little more than read about TV.