Word: carefulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Democratic resolve was bolstered by the fact that the legislation will be immensely popular with working mothers, who spend an average of $3,000 a year per child for care that is often of uncertain quality. Poor women are especially hard pressed. A report by the Census Bureau estimates that mothers with annual incomes of less than $15,000 paid an average of 18% of their income for child care. Declared Texas Democratic Congressman Michael Andrews: "We have standards for prisons, roads and airports. We owe as much to our children...
...years doctors have been stressing that all pregnant women should have intensive prenatal care. But last week the U.S. Public Health Service issued a report from a federal panel of experts that urged less prenatal care -- at least for some women. About 1.6 million of the nearly 4 million women who give birth annually have no evident health problems that could jeopardize them or their babies. The panel recommended that physicians cut back -- from 13, to seven or eight -- the number of office visits typically scheduled. The group also suggested curbing some routine procedures, including blood-pressure readings, pelvic examinations...
...same time, the experts called for increased prenatal care for poor women and for drug and alcohol abusers. These women have a much greater chance of giving birth prematurely, and their infants often suffer from low birth weight and other difficulties. The shift in emphasis is "an attempt to use scarce health dollars more efficiently," says Rosen. The report could influence private insurers and government programs to alter reimbursement policies for pre-natal care...
Obstetricians agree that care for high-risk patients needs to be expanded, but many object to the "less is enough" approach for healthy pregnant women. They stress the need for frequent visits. "These women have a zillion questions on their mind," explains Dr. George Malkasian, president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. "The earlier you answer those questions, the earlier you catch any problems...
...West Germany flatly denied that it had reneged on a pledge to shut its doors to new refugees. "There was no such agreement," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Jurgen Chrobog. "We would never accept that German people should stand outside a German embassy with small children without giving shelter and care. The East Germans wanted to build a wall around our embassy. Now they're building a wall around themselves...