Word: nonsystem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...system is not really a system at all but a hydra-headed monster that grew by accretion over decades without any direction. Imposing any kind of plan on it is inevitably an immensely complicated undertaking, made more difficult because some people and organizations that have prospered under the inefficient nonsystem see any change as a threat...
...still don't know how health-care reform will be paid for, and we're not just going to rubber-stamp the deal." Republicans, like the Democrats, are getting an earful from their constituents about the high costs, insecurity and gaps in coverage of the present jerry-built nonsystem. Some will try to find reasons to vote for reform, and even those who are inclined to oppose it are leery about unleashing their ultimate weapon, the Senate filibuster. Says an aide to Senate Republican leader Robert Dole: "It's not even on the radar screen at this point. A filibuster...
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