Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition to its melange of news and features, the glitzy, hour-long Roll Call airs a regular segment on the FBI's Most Wanted List that, with the aid of computer graphics, profiles suspects in various disguises -- beards, glasses and hairpieces. "We provide officers with important information when they need it -- before they hit the streets," says co-anchor Maffett, 1983's Miss America. The network also serves up half-hour instruction programs with names like Street Beat, Command Update and Alert, Alive & Well. Relying on 50 experts nationwide, the shows dish out training information on everything from shooting techniques...
UNINSURED students--those not covered by either a parent's health insurance or a policy of their own--are more likely to come from lower-income families who qualify for state and federal financial aid. The good news for these students is that they are allowed to use their financial aid dollars to pay for the required health insurance...
...news is that they don't get any extra financial aid to compensate them for the additional expense. With their already tight budgets strained even further by the new regulations, these students face some difficult decisions--such as how to afford both health insurance and books...
That's bad news for the taxpayers as well. The financial aid dollars that were earmarked for the education of youth are now pouring into the coffers of a few private insurance companies...
...student health insurance program is ultimately doomed to fail because, just like the Catastrophic Health Care Act, it is at best an attempt to apply a Band-aid remedy to a national health care crisis...