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Rogal has already exhausted one health-insurance policy and is whittling down a second. Although Medicaid pays part of the cost of the drug, the government dictates brutally austere terms: if Rogal accepts the payments, she isn't allowed to own major assets or have a bank account with more than $250 in it. "I finally have this great new life where I can do things," she says, "and I can't even save the money for a vacation...
...have turned government research and regulations into Big Business. The Federal Government financed the discovery of the drug and then paid tax dollars so that entrepreneurs could learn how to manufacture it. Now it is paying as much as 20% of the nation's Ceredase bill through Medicare and Medicaid. And Ceredase isn't the only high-priced drug that has flowed from government laboratories. The new chemotherapeutic taxol, as well as almost half of all other cancer drugs, owes its existence to government scientists, as do nearly all AIDS drugs...
...cost of a primary immunization series for children under onr year of age, which currently, runs over $200, presents a significant obstacle for low-income families. Many whose incomes are too high for Medicaid benefits still cannot afford to pay for the medication...
...President drummed up support by visiting Capitol Hill rather than by summoning congressional leaders to the White House, and by schmoozing with members of the National Governors' Association. He pleased them by giving states more freedom to use federal Medicaid funds as they wish. The Governors still opposed overall limits on health-care spending, though that could be a key part of Clinton's eventual proposals for health-care reform. (See related stories beginning on page...
...control among humans as well. Only 100,000 women had the surgically implanted contraceptive inserted last year, but today the Norplant users total over 500,000--not including beavers and skunks. Norplant is highly effective, cheap, and easy; insertion of the device takes less than 10 minutes. In fact, Medicaid covers it in every state...