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...must wonder what politics might look like if young voters were offered more than appeals to vague tasks of renewal or to raw self-interest--especially in an election like this one, where there is such a stark contrast on issues like the environment, equal rights and social justice that attract the energy of new voters. Imagine if the candidates at the conventions had read the IOP survey, had listened to its recommendations and had said...
Bush's plan would fundamentally reform Medicare by putting the focus on helping seniors buy private insurance--but not everyone would be guaranteed equal coverage...
...Americans have not decided which kind of bureaucrat they dislike more: the ones who work for the Federal Government or those who work for insurance companies. In a TIME/CNN poll last week, roughly equal numbers put more trust in HMOs (41%) vs. the Medicare program (39%) to provide better health care, while 20% were not sure. But early tests of how well private insurance companies treat seniors have not been promising. Health-maintenance organizations rushed in when the government gave them a larger opening in the Medicare market three years ago. This summer scores of HMOs announced that they...
...athletes, of course, the stumbling block is equal enforcement: There is no reason for one swimmer, for example, to give up her human growth hormone (an increasingly popular supplement for which there currently are no tests) unless she has a guarantee that everyone she's competing against will also be clean. And at this point athletes have no such confidence. If, however, every single athlete is bound by the rules of some legitimate authority figure - i.e., other than the IOC-run World Anti-Doping Agency, currently the reigning arbiter of drug policy - there might be some impetus for clean competition...
...debate against wonkish Al Gore, but that won't help Bush beat the veep. Swing voters who're not yet convinced to vote for Bush aren't worried about his affability; they want to see him lay to rest the impression that he may be a lightweight not equal to the task. Forewarning voters that he expects to struggle in debates against the vice president may send the wrong message to the unconvinced...