Word: reform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Today, the AMA is more subtle in its methods, but no less ruthless in its intent. Its recent actions on the issues of Medicare reform and abortion reveal the organization's continued emphasis on the bottom line...
...There is nothing in this policy that would prevent a physician from providing a benficial service to a patient," writes the Physician Payment Review Commission, a bipartisan group which designed the medicare reform. In other words, the only thing rationed under the proposal are outrageously high doctor fees...
...Educational reform should not come about inthis paternalistic approach," said Marta Rosa,president of the Chelsea Commission on HispanicAffairs and a candidate for the area's schoolcommittee. "If it's being called a partnership,then let's be partners...
...summit has been mistakenly thought of as a one-shot attempt at reforming the education system. In actuality, the intention was to initiate the lengthy process of developing a national consensus about educational goals. The governors were instructed to go back to their states to consult with teachers, principals, parents and education experts, and return to the National Governors' Association next winter with proposals for reform...
...Bush tells governors they must raise state taxes to finance new education plans--he only believes in "no new taxes" at the federal level. This overwhelming hypocrisy may ultimately prove to be a major stumbling block to progressive reform in the educational system. Fifty independently conceived and funded approaches to education do not a national policy make...