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...important initiative and that $5,000 represented an "appropriate amount for the first year of our program."Day said the University's decentralized approach has actually allowed for greater participation in the program among Harvard's various schools, which have different admissions timelines, tuition expenses, and institutional aid budgets."From the beginning we were concerned that if the VA required a one-size fits all approach across the whole campus...you could end up with a more modest level of participation," she said. "We thought it'd maximize it to have a more flexible approach, since schools handle their...
...yellow caution light has come from the Congressional Budget Office, the fiscal scorekeeper for everything proposed on Capitol Hill. In recent days, the CBO has issued preliminary estimates suggesting that both major bills in the Senate - including the one being worked on by the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee and the one by the Finance Committee - are not only going to add significantly to the deficit, but also that they'll do so without delivering what lawmakers have promised in terms of bringing down health-care costs and covering the uninsured...
...that goes into Medicaid to individuals to buy health savings accounts, 2) encourage high-deductible health insurance and 3) tax employee health benefits in a manner similar to what Senator John McCain proposed during the presidential election. That bill was akin to what Ryan proposed in the 2010 GOP budget alternative...
...ultimately reducing the rolls of those on employer-based health insurance on the presumption that most people would sign up for state-based private plans, which would be able to pool more effectively to keep down costs. It's the only plan that's been scored by the Congressional Budget Office as deficit neutral, and it lays out a more comprehensive approach. Senator Judd Gregg, the top Republican on the Budget Committee, also recently laid out a proposal that expands private health-insurance coverage; and Senator Mike Enzi, the top Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee...
...feeling dizzy, that's the point. Republicans have been unified in their opposition to Obama's stimulus and his budget, but they know they risk being permanently dubbed the Party of No. Nor can they take the tack Democrats have taken in the Social Security debate: health care isn't working just fine as it is. But their solution - to simply overwhelm Washington with different ideas they know will never pass - has its downsides...