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...those who have money can afford to save it. ""Their program attracts only the well-off," said Dick Gephardt, "while the sicker and poorer people are left behind." The cost of treating those needier patients, opponents contend, will quickly drive up Medicare premiums when healthier seniors are allowed to squirrel away unused Medicare funds. To make sure that the test is meaningful, the White House promises to make sure the pilot program enrolls a representative slice of Medicare recipients...
...Squirrel shooting. (Wouldn't want those rabies-infested creatures petting the folks...
...which he intends to rechannel the huge savings pools in Asia and Europe through the global stock market, duplicating overseas the mutual-fund juggernaut he has created in the U.S. His primary target: the $9 trillion of accumulated savings in Japan, where individual investors still squirrel away much of their earnings in savings accounts that make less than 1% interest annually. Fidelity began selling mutual funds in November 1995, and so far has lured $700 million from investors...
...live longer. But a new study may show that primates -- perhaps even people -- also live longer, healthier lives if they consume fewer calories per day. The theory is that lowering calories resets the body's metabolism so that it operates more efficiently. A 10-year study of rhesus and squirrel monkeys found that the underfed animals have lower blood pressure and better cholesterol. Perhaps the most striking finding: underfed animals look as though they will be protected from heart disease. Their levels of high-density lipoprotein -- the good cholesterol that helps keep blood flowing smoothly through the arteries -- are twice...
...live longer. But a new study may show that primates -- perhaps even people -- also live longer, healthier lives if they consume fewer calories per day. The theory is that lowering calories resets the body's metabolism so that it operates more efficiently. A 10-year study of rhesus and squirrel monkeys found that the underfed animals have lower blood pressure and better cholesterol. Perhaps the most striking finding: underfed animals look as though they will be protected from heart disease. Their levels of high-density lipoprotein -- the good cholesterol that helps keep blood flowing smoothly through the arteries -- are twice...