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Clinton has lately talked of enacting some kind of stopgap legislation to keep Medicare solvent beyond 2001, which now looms as the year of bankruptcy, and then appointing a bipartisan commission to suggest long-term solutions. That sounds distressingly like a cop-out, a way to dump the problem into the lap of Clinton's successor...
...Every bomb scatters tiny bits of undetonated explosive, and some of those particles penetrate porous material and lodge there, protected from the elements. Says a bomb specialist: "Nylon, porous materials, seat cushions--a lot of stuff can get in there and stick. You wash down the debris with a solvent and run it through the machines." Crash clues, in the end, could come in very small packages. Says an aviation expert: "All the significant evidence could fit on top of a desk." But finding that evidence could require raising most of the plane. Through Friday, less than...
...billion last year, and did not expect that demand would exceed revenue growth until 1997. The earlier-than-expected loss is due to a surge in Medicare hospital admissions after several years of declines, and a drop in income from payroll taxes. The Clinton Administration expected Medicare to remain solvent until 2002, and has staunchly resisted the changes GOP leaders have demanded to make the system financially sound. The troubling new figures should strengthen the GOP hand. While current budget proposals by both President Clinton and Congressional Republicans could bolster Medicare finances through 2011, McAllister says, "The real problem...
...members of its mailing list last weekend, co-directors Marianne Lampke and Connie White explained that costs are rising and that, "to be frank, keeping the Brattle going as we know it now has gone beyond our resources as small business owners." The Brattle is solvent now, but "if we continue the way we're going, we could close in a few years," White told the Boston Globe last week...
...that the driving force is the process. Government itself is the specific issue. People are tired of the political class and how politics works." And when Washington insiders such as New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley chastise the system, and hint at potential third-party possibilities, the need for this solvent gains additional credibility...