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With the Obama health care plan, this has become one of the most divisive issues in the country. The battle lines are drawn, and it will be interesting to see how this plays out.

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PROPOSED PLANS:

Kerry Plan (USA TODAY)

Bush Plan (USA TODAY)



ARTICLES:

Medicare premiums to rise 17 percent (USA Today)

Newt Gingrich aims to transform health care through use of technology
(WP)

Kerry asserts Bush has misled voters on Medicare costs (WP)

Kerry health care plan could cut premiums for individuals and small businesses; catastrophic relief garnering support (WP)

Study claims that 82 million Americans lacked health insurance for at least one month (Reuters)

Kerry attacks Bush on health care costs
(WP)

Economist compares Kerry and Bush health care plans
(WP)


Former Reagan Administration official Dan Crippen argues for a common-sense approach to fixing the health care crisis for the elderly. 


2/8/04
COST CONTROL: Why should we believe anything this administration says about costs when they never get anything right? We learned yesterday that the costs for the Medicare drug bill are now estimated to be $1.2 trillion, three times the estimates made by Bush's team at the time it was passed. At least one congressman is asking tough questions about one aspect of the bill - why are taxpayers subsidizing the use of Viagra and similar drugs? Frankly, it's a great question. If we're having trouble paying for critical care for so many Americans, do we really need to be allocating resources to these types of lifestyle drugs?

 

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