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First, 16 million Americans will be added to the failing government-run Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program rolls. That is, half of the 32 million Americans that the bill’s proponents claim will be covered are dumped into a government-run program that America already cannot afford. While 87 percent of doctors reported accepting all or most new privately insured patients in 2008, only 53 percent of doctors reported accepting all or most new Medicaid patients, because Medicaid reimburses doctors below market rates. What good is Medicaid coverage if a doctor refuses...
...final game of the squad’s West Coast trip, Harvard jumped out to a 5-1 lead early on before Cal State Monterey Bay came back to make it 7-6 by the half. With the score 10-9 in the fourth quarter, the Crimson shot three into the net while holding the Otters to only one goal, securing its third victory of the week...
Even with 33 shots on goal, Harvard had a hard time finding the back of the net in Saturday’s opener. The Crimson was scoreless in the first half of the match and down, 5-0, at the break, thanks to solid defense and Pacific goalie Brooke Millar’s quick reactions...
...Crimson jumped out to an early 3-1 lead before the Pioneers brought it to within one after the first eight minutes of play. Ahead 8-6 at the half and 10-9 at the end of the third quarter, the Harvard athletes could feel that they would need an extra kick in the last quarter...
...While northern China has been battered by sandstorms this spring, traditionally soggier south China has been battling drought. Premier Wen Jiabao spent the weekend touring drough-stricken villages in Yunnan province, where many areas have received half the usual rainfall. Sixteen million people in the region are now suffering drinking water shortages, according to state media. The Dai ethnic group, which is concentrated near the Burmese border in western Yunnan, has even been encouraged to cut back on the amount of water used during the upcoming Water Splashing Festival it celebrates each year to mark the arrival of spring...