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...oArt is an essential component of the breadth of the liberal arts education and should not be sacrificed casually. While it may sound sentimental, difficult times are when we need art the most. We hope that universities in the surrounding area can do their best to offer Brandeis students access to art resources. Universities should band together to weather the storm of trying financial times...
...provision originally included in the stimulus package would have eliminated the waiver requirement, allowing states to directly access Medicaid funds for family-planning services that do not involve abortion...
...relatively small provision to expand state access to family-planning services under Medicaid was seized on late last week by House Republicans as one of their chief reasons for opposing the stimulus bill. Democrats, they charged, wanted to use taxpayer money that was supposed to create jobs to instead "fund the abortion industry" and pass out contraceptives. The Republicans were caught off guard when Obama called their bluff and asked congressional Democrats to remove the provision - and fell back to complaining about the bill's cost and the insufficient size of tax cuts. But then it was liberals' turn...
...does not allow women of childbearing age (15-44) to become eligible for Medicaid coverage until after they become pregnant or they have children who are enrolled in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). States that want to expand their Medicaid coverage to allow low-income women to access family-planning services must first obtain a federal waiver...
Remember, the provision wouldn't have covered abortion services. The savings come from preventing unwanted pregnancies in the first place through increased access to contraception and better prenatal and postnatal care. According to the March of Dimes, 1 in 5 infants born prematurely has ongoing health problems, and a recent Institute of Medicine report estimated that the economic burden of preterm births (including medical, educational and lost-productivity costs) was at least $26.2 billion...