Word: leavitt
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...health care system is fundamentally broken,” Health and Human Services Secretary Mike O. Leavitt told a packed John F. Kennedy Forum last night as he advocated for far-reaching reforms of the American health care system...
...talk, “Every American Insured,” Leavitt called the current system overly complicated and inefficient, and spoke in favor of a complete overhaul, identifying transparency, simplification, and an emphasis on prevention as prerequisites...
...Leavitt said he supported using a competitive market to ensure efficiency in addition to standardizing medical procedure prices to allow consumers to shop around...
...Leavitt also spoke in opposition to the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which was authorized yesterday by the House of Representatives. The program provides medical coverage to children in low income families. The bill is likely to garner significant support in the Senate, but President George W. Bush has promised to veto...
Studen outlined current construction projects taking place at Harvard, including renovations of the current Fogg and Busch-Reisinger museum building; Fairfax Hall, which houses the Leavitt & Pierce cigar store; Rockefeller Hall at the Harvard Divinity School; and the New College Theatre on the former site of the Hasty Pudding...