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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 2005
Page
4
The Gazette editorial argues 45 million uninsured Americans, including 329,000 Iowans, with 90,000 children yearly without coverage. It urges policies like health savings accounts, better small-business incentives, high deductible options, and portability, highlighting Iowa's HAWK I program and local free clinics as models during Cover the Uninsured Week.
A letter questions Iowa lawmakers on handling sex offender cases and rising health costs. The writer argues substandard medical care and denying coverage harm patients, cites malpractice claims and insurer practices, and urges readers to petition legislators for action before more injuries occur, noting low responses from officials.
A reader argues Cedar Rapids city council salaries are too high while retirees live near poverty. They criticize a front cover photograph, question Highway 100 plans, and propose 5 percent interest Social Security investments to reduce reliance on Medicare. The letter also notes mayoral changes and calls for better qualified candidates.
Essay argues U S goodwill tours pale beside need for real free trade reforms in Latin America. It cites Brazil and Lula da Silva, Chavez in Venezuela, Ecuador turmoil, and outcry over covert negotiations. Urges aid to the poor, direct help, and nonconfrontational engagement to stem leftist gains.
A hypothetical case shows a 56,000 dollar yearly earner paying 120.35 every two weeks over 45 years totaling 228,229.09 with 2 percent government interest. At retirement age 65 the annual Social Security payment would be 13,957.74 under the scenario.
In 1985 Margaret Thatcher’s government attempted privatization of Social Security in Britain. Investment managers charged fees and exploited uninformed savers as markets underperformed, depleting accounts and triggering a public backlash that pushed a return to the National Pension Savings Plan.
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