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...early days of the Great Society witnessed a host of legislative initiatives. There was Medicare for the elderly; Medicaid for the indigent; Head Start for preschoolers. There was the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The Job Corps. The Model Cities program. Of greater political significance were the promulgation and enforcement of sweeping civil rights measures, such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Through five heady years, the Great Society seemed to embody the full and resplendent maturity of liberalism, fending off the forces of reaction and ushering in a bright...
...offensive to independent- minded voters, especially women, and believe the Kempites are too cavalier about the federal budget deficit. An ex-Democrat, Gramm said he could balance the budget within five years, and has gone further than anyone except Ross Perot in calling for reduction in such entitlements as Medicaid and Medicare. Unlike Kemp and other supply-siders, Gramm and his colleagues do not believe tax cuts alone will automatically expand the economy or shrink the deficit and public debt. Gramm is not well liked, but he is respected and has made no secret of his White House ambitions. Though...
Abortion rights supporters have blamed Jimenez's death on the 1976 Hyde amendment, which prevented the use of Medicaid funds for abortions...
...plan is a "pay or play" system that would replace Medicare and Medicaid while ensuring universal coverage as well. Employers would either cover their workers or pay a fee to a taxpayer-supported government system. This government plan would also cover the unemployed, people older than 60 and % Americans with high-cost illnesses, under a so-called global budget, with total annual spending to be set by Congress. While the proposed system resembles the Canadian plan, it would not prevent people from choosing their own doctors...
Gaze across the policy landscape, and observe a similar dynamic at work on other issues. Take health care. The state of Oregon recently attempted to rank all medical procedures based on their value to the patient and society. The intention was to change the Medicaid rules so that more poor people could be covered, but not for the less worthwhile procedures. Some of the calculations were cold-blooded: no transplants for alcoholics with cirrhosis of the liver; reduced treatment for patients deemed near the end of their life...