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TheRepublican push to cut Medicarein order to balance the budget promises to flare into a full-fledged political dogfight this week,TIME Washington economics correspondent Suneel Ratanreports. On Tuesday, the GOP-controlled House Ways and Means Committee will fire the first shot, summoning Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, who signed a federal report stating that the Medicare system will go bust by 2002, and demanding timely congressional action. The Republicans plan to ask her what the Administration would do to prevent the collapse of the Medicare system. Ratan notes that slashing Medicare spending or raising taxes would seem...
...facilities of the University [ofWisconsin] were designed for adults, not forkids," Shalala said. "The kids' lives just beganat...
...Shalala said she takes that experience with hertoday as a top administration official in settingpolicy for the nation's youth. She even has aboard of teenagers to review policy before it isimplemented...
...Young people think adults send mixed messages.They want a clear message," Shalala said. "We mustbe bold and visible. We as a country mustrecognize that part of the future has to do withour own [adults] behavior. Those who see light atthe end of the tunnel may be headed in the wrongdirection...
...After Shalala's talk, a panel offered somestatistics. David H. Mulligan, the MassachusettsCommissioner of Public Health, cited reports thatBlack males are 50 times more likely to havesexually transmitted diseases than white males,Latinos are 25 times more likely than whites...