Word: factly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...largest budget in the world, outranked only by those of the U.S. Government and the Soviet Union. Its spending roughly equals that of all 50 states combined. The department goes through $500 million every day. By comparison, the Pentagon is a piker's operation (1979 budget: $118 billion). That fact alone indicates how American priorities have changed...
...placed ceilings on payments for a dozen laboratory tests, ranging from blood tests to urinalyses, and is demanding better policing of programs. He also wants to set up a group of physicians willing to give a second opinion as to whether surgery is needed. HEW plans to publicize the fact that the Government pays for consultation with another doctor, which is surely cheaper than an unnecessary operation...
...sums needed by HEW are so huge in fact that the Niagara of dollars that flows out to Americans can be rendered comprehensible only when placed, quite unfairly, in a wholly different context. If, for example, the money HEW plans to spend next year were given instead to all Americans, every man, woman and child in the U.S. would receive...
...fact, as long as Paul Palmer, the man of the house, is unemployed and has dependent children, Medicaid will pick up the tab for medical expenses incurred by any member of the family. Paul also gets $453.50 a month through the Aid to Families with Dependent Children...
Califano's few critics at the White House chuckled when the Secretary was caught placing a 402-word notice in the Federal Register for what amounted to a departmental chef but which camouflaged the fact that the main duty would be cooking. Although most departments hire such help for VIP business lunches, Califano's notice sought an "extremely confidential, personal assistant...