Poor bonus cuts hit doctors serving the poor
Editorial notes that a federal program dating to 1989 pays doctors a 50000 bonus for two years in underserved clinics. With funding cuts, at least 700 providers may lose their bonuses this year, leaving clinics short staffed and debt-ridden doctors seeking higher paying jobs. The piece urges Congress and the Clinton administration to reverse the cuts.
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Congress
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Bush plan for INS reform eyed after citizenship review
The Dallas Morning News notes critics say INS lax in naturalization, amid GOP push for reform. A new 684 page inspector general report found no intentional wrongdoing despite processing a surge of applications in 1996. Governor Bush proposes splitting INS into border enforcement and citizenship services, urging caution to avoid more errors.
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US Immigration and Naturalization Service
Robert Ashbaugh
Immigration Service
George W. Bush
Immigration Agency
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Bush
Dallas Morning News
Sianvara Scott B Hunter Editor Jeffrey B Wallace
Ellen C Pries named business manager in the newspaper staff changes note outlining editorial leadership positions and management roles.
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Jeffrey B. Wallace
Ellen C. Pries
Debates Should Include Outside Candidates
A column argues the 15 percent threshold for the Commission on Presidential Debates suppresses outsider candidates like Ventura and Perot. It calls for open, inclusive debates and notes constitutional and funding factors while citing past examples and the CPD's nonpartisan role.
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Pat Buchanan
Ralph Nader
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Commission On Presidents
Jesse Ventura
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Frank Fahrenkopf
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Fahrenkopf
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Philip Morris
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King of Beer
St Louis
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Perot
Patrick Buchanan
House of Representatives
Appleseed Project
Citizens’ Task Force On
Fair Debates
America
We the
Commission On Presidential
H. Ross Perot
George Wallace
John Anderson
Anderson
Nonpartisan
Letters Lottery Tax Debate Across Aiken County
A letter writer argues that a state lottery and a 1 percent sales tax referendum are new taxes harming the poor and民主, urging skepticism of gambling as state policy. Other readers defend bold journalism and criticize government schools and refer to historical figures to warn against mob rule.
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James M. Stone Aiken
Iam
Carl Lansley
Carl
New York
Harold Wilson
Adolf Hitler
Bill Clinton
Karl Marx
Aiken Standard Seeks Reader Letters for Print
The Aiken Standard invites Letters to the Editor with brief content and the writer's signature mailing address and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. Include submission to RO Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 or via email to swallace south.net and fax to 803 648 6052. letters may be edited.
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