Health reform cost questions loom as May deadline nears
President Clin ton's Health Care Task Force faces tough funding and structure choices. A federal sales tax is floated but seen as economically and politically unviable. Proposals include a health security card, employer mandates, regional health alliances, and managed care networks, with broad opposition from insured Americans and concerns over higher overall costs.
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Clinton
America
White House
Alice Rifkin
Health and Human Services
Donna Shalala
Congress
Congressional Budget Office
Aiden
Real victims of vigilante justice are the children
In Sonora California Ellie Nesler shot Daniel Mark Driver after he faced molestation charges involving her 11 year old son. Nesler stands trial for murder. the piece argues for upholding due process and better justice reforms, stressing the harm to Nesler’s other children.
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Ellie Nesler
Daniel Mark Driver
Sonora
Calif
Nesler
Driver
Nester
Sacramento
Union
Foreign Affairs
Europe
Washington Post
Jim Hoagland
Soviet Union
United States
McGeorge Bundy
Head Start myth and Perry Preschool comparison
Stephen Chapman argues that Perry Preschool Project results are not transferable to mass Head Start programs. He notes limited long term benefits, high costs, and questions about expanding welfare sei.
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New York Times
National Public Radio
Atlanta Braves
Colorado Rockies
Perry
Department of
High Scope Educational Research Foundation
Ypsilanti, Mich
Head Start
Vladimir Horowitz
Edward Zigler
Charles Murray
High Scope
Stephen Chapman
The
Chicago Tribune
1989 to 1993 Europe and the shrinking hope of reform
Paul Greenberg, editorial page editor of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, laments the decline from hopeful 1989 visions to 1992 93 Europe. He critiques Western leaders for inaction over Yugoslavia and notes how journalism, though honored for international reporting, cannot mask the era’s horror.
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Europe
England
Mrs. Mountbatten
Paul Greenberg
The
Arkansas Democrat. Gazette
Little Rock
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