Editorial: Health care crisis demands resolution now
The Miami Herald argues that over 900000 elderly and disabled will lose HMOs in Medicare on Jan 1 amid rising drug prices and 1997 budget cuts. It blames Congress for stalemate, urges a prescription drug benefit and modest boosts in reimbursements, warning of rising costs and limited coverage without action.
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White House
Clinton
House
Medicare
America
Miami Herald
Camp David Summit Forecasts and Palestinian-Israeli Pressure
Corriere della Sera notes the Camp David talks rushed by President Clinton risk failure and a renewed clash with Israelis and Palestinians. Clinton predicted a deal by his January 2001 end, inviting scrutiny of whether seven years of efforts were wasted and if pressure may backfire.
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Yitzhak Rabin
Yasser Arafat
White House
Camp David
Clinton
Corriere Della Sera
Milan
Italy
Faith based groups push hope on poverty aid reform
Jane R. Eisner argues that faith based organizations are expanding influence in drug rehab, job training, and social services with government partnerships. She notes support from Bush and Democrats, calls for rigorous research, and urges inclusive, cross faith collaboration while warning against rigid mindsets.
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Jim Wallis
Call To Renewal
Wallis
America
Eugene Rivers
Azusa Christian Community
Boston
FBO
Harold Dean Trulear
Penn
Center For Research On
Academy
Byron Johnson
Loss of friend Lillian Hammack noted in community letters
Aiken residents mourn Lillian Hammack of New Ellenton longtime activist who led Mothers Against Drunk Drivers and served on the Aiken County Cancer Unit board. She spoke at schools and churches about cancer unit work and aid to indigent patients funded by local drives.
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Lillian Hammack
New Ellenton
Trinity
Aiken
Aiken County Cancer Unit
Claire Ahrens
Aiken Standard Welcomes Letters to the Editor
The Aiken Standard invites public letters addressed to Letters to the Editor, P O Box 456 Aiken 29802 or emailed to editorial duesouth.net, or faxed to 803-648-6052. All letters are subject to editing and condensing.
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Aiken Standard
P.O
Aiken
P.C
Duesouth.net
Revamped GOP image under spotlight at four day event
Linda Tripp appears as an unlikely heroine while Republicans market a warmer all American image. Laura Bush and Colin Powell dominate a glossy stage show that masks a party still seen as overwhelmingly white and conservative. Delegates push gun rights, abortion limits, and tax cuts while data and crowds reveal a split between rhetoric and reality. Powell urges outreach to Afro Americans, calling for policy changes on crime and education. The piece argues the GOP faces a credibility gap between its soft tone and hard core ideology.
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Bill & Mom
Tripp
Linda
First Union Center
America
Main Street
Laura
Hillary” Bush
Colin Powell
Arlen Specter
R-Pa
Baptist
Rotary
Bible Belt
New York Times
Newt Gingrich
Pat Buchanan
Hessian
Phyllis Shafley
Pat Robertson
Jerry Falwell
Bill Clinton
Henry Hyde
Bob Barr
Prez
Clinton
al Gore
Laura Bush
Mrs. Bush
Dubya
Clintons
George
Bush
Hillary
Oval Office
Bill
GOP
Powell
The
Republic
Groucho Marx
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Greater Exodus Baptist Church
Jane R. Eisner
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Truman
Bela Vitez Aiken
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