Mental Health Care Shifts As Menninger Closes In Kansas
Editorial notes Mental Illness Awareness Month amid Menninger Clinic’s Topeka closure and move to Texas with Baylor. Loss of jobs and tax revenue follows, as private insurance cuts cripple hospital funding. Kansas shifts to Medicaid direct reimbursements. Bert Nash stands to gain full Medicaid funding while Lawrence Memorial Hospital faces uncertain impact. Agencies scramble to fill residential care gaps with tightened budgets.
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Facing reality on Social Security
Washington professor Charles O Jones praised the vice presidential debate as a civil, substantive policy discussion between Lieberman and Cheney and called the election good. He warned that the current surplus is short term and deficits loom unless hard choices are made, noting similarities to 1988.
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Demographic wave threats to deficit fate in 2040
David Broder warns that without reorganizing health care and retirement policies the 65 plus share will rise to about 21 percent by 2040, shrinking the working age pool to under 3 workers per retiree. He cites CBO projections that deficits reappear if current policies persist, despite praise for Gore and Bush plans.
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Trust in crisis versus trivia in the 2000 campaign
Ellen Goodman argues the 2000 campaign thrives on trivia as vital issues fade. She notes media focus on fashion and polls while global tensions rise and questions of trust loom as voters seek leaders for troubled times.
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Public Forum criticizes KU coverage and editor
Lawrence reader Jeff Sigler rips Journal-World sports editor Chuck Woodling for negative KU coverage, notes MU ties, questions motives, and suggests Woodling seek work elsewhere. Letter includes Journal-World letters policy and submission contact.
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Old Home Town Bicentennial Dedication At Clinton
A large crowd gathered as Clinton dedicated its bicentennial flag with Revolutionary War costumes and drum performances. AGO plans a new Dilton Foods bakery in eastern Kansas worth over 250000 dollars to serve Lawrence stores. The Lawrence Journal in 1900 criticized a local businessman's anti city statement as unpatriotic and harmful to the town.
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