Word: dilemma
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...cheap. ?This has put the President in the position of backing a patient bill of rights against HMOs while he also presses them to take care of the elderly,? says Dickerson. The result is that HMOs have decided to fight back, leaving many seniors with a continuity dilemma for next year: whether to accept fewer benefits at higher fees, sign up with a different HMO, or return to the standard Medicare program...
These factors argue for making the move now. But what looks right on paper doesn't necessarily feel right, and that's my father's dilemma. In the move to California, my brother and I had no choice in the matter--and now that the roles are reversed, we still don't. My father is the only one who can make this tough decision. We and our wives can advise, but ultimately all we can do is love him and support his choice...
...drugs they approve, the Trovan incident also underscores a more ominous development. ?We are running into more and more germs that are proving resistant,? says Gorman, ?and as a result we are developing more powerful antibiotics. But with greater power often comes greater side effects.? Unfortunately, this dilemma is unlikely to be resolved soon...
...generous business contributions to presidential-campaign treasuries, Republican and Democratic alike, tipped the U.S. too far from proper vigilance. This Administration insists it has tried hard to balance a nearly impossible equation that demands limitless access to Chinese markets for American firms and limited rights for technology transfer. That dilemma, in a sense, is America's. It is extremely difficult to keep technology out of China's hands. If the U.S. doesn't sell it, another country will. Evidence that Beijing diverts items to the military is sketchy. And, intelligence officials say, the U.S. actually gains access to China...
Therein lies the crux of NATO's dilemma. Except for Britain, no other nation has seemed willing to sacrifice its soldiers to this cause, in the skies or on the ground. Yet this week the U.S. will urge NATO to send 50,000 ground troops to the region, either to escort the Kosovars home with Milosevic's assent or to threaten an invasion without it. The war could succeed faster if the allies risked their own troops more, but political leaders fear the first body bags would destroy the public support they need to keep the confrontation going...