Blame Congress for HMOs and patient control
Twila Brase argues that Congress enabled HMOs through the 1965 Medicare and Medicaid expansion and the 1973 HMO Act, detailing how subsidies, mandates, and capitated payments shifted risk away from the government and toward individuals, with public frustration now aimed at HMOs rather than lawmakers.
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Congress
Nixon
Health Resources Services Administration
HRSA
Hmos
Edward M. Kennedy
Moral Equivalence in the Middle East Debate
The piece argues moral equivalence between Israeli actions and Arab hostility is false. It cites incitement in Palestinian and Arab media, horrific violence against Israeli civilians, and contrasts with Palestinian claims of Nazi blame, warning against normalization of hatred. It references Mona Charen and Creators Syndicate.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
U.N
Andrew Young
Israel
Middle East
George Mitchell
Hitler
al- Akhbar
Ahmad Ragab
Memri.org
Cairo
West Bank
Shalhevet
Mona Charen
Creators Syndicate
Creators
Creators Syndicate, Inc
Truth About Pearl Harbor Attack Letter to the Editor
The author accuses U S military leaders of blunders and negligence before Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941 noting radar sightings ignored and ships clustered for easy strikes. The piece claims President Roosevelt provoked the attack to unite America and cites Admiral Kimmel and General Short as deprived of crucial intelligence.
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Pearl Harbor
Robert B. Sahtis
Roosevelt
America
Europe
Japan
Hawaii
Husband Kimmel
Walter Short
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