Feds Move to Equalize Contraceptives in Health Plans
The EEOC rules that excluding contraceptives from health plans violates the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and constitutes sex discrimination, aligning coverage with Viagra which is already common. The decision could affect most plans, though employers and insurers stress cost and fairness to providers, employers, patients, and pharmacists.
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State 911 tax debate calls for cellular expansion
Kansas counties push to extend the 911 tax to cell phones amid concerns of excess revenue. Lawmakers should cut the top rate from 75 to 25 cents monthly and add cellular calls to fund modern emergency systems.
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Goodland Daily News
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Bush must pull nation together after hard fought election
A reflection on post election division in the United States. The text notes George W. Bush's victory and Al Gore's popular vote, critiques Supreme Court dissents, and calls for bipartisan action on Social Security, environment, poverty, crime, and national defense while considering tax cuts, debt reduction, and economic policy as paths to unity. It comments on cabinet picks, Powell potential appointment, and Greenspan’s views on surpluses.
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Great Seal and Founding Fathers Frame Secular U S Origins
A Reader Forum piece argues the United States was founded secular, citing the Great Seal design attributed to Franklin and a deist God. It notes de-emphasis of institutional religion, references Henry’s failed church-tax proposal, low colonial church membership, and historic aims for a secular world order.
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Kansas Science Education Standards Revisit Set for KSBE Meeting
At the January 2001 KSBE session Kansas educators will revisit science standards and may explore Draft 6, with updates since 1999. The public is urged to review official documents, testifying prepared and civil, as board members seek best interests of Kansas schoolchildren. John Richard Schrack, Emporia.
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Topeka
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