HEALTH Cost forecast may be too low
Predictions that the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives would, if enacted, cost far more than current estimates were not based solely on experience with federal programs. That would be enough to draw the conclusion, of course; government programs, particularly those involving health care, have cost taxpayers far more than claimed when the programs were established. But in the case of the House health care bill, there is no doubt about cost overruns. That is because the bill’s language includes several programs with costs left open. According to a published report, more than two dozen aspects of the health care plan are listed at funding for “such sums as may be necessary.” That could send the bill’s cost skyrocketing far beyond the initial estimates, which themselves have been vague. They range from $900 billion to $1.2 trillion over 10 year.
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Smokeout: A day to kick the habit
Today is a day some will try to kick the habit — it’s the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout.
According to one former smoker who sent us his comments, “The public health impact of tobacco use is devastating.
New York State: Small start to big problem
Baby steps.
That’s what the state Assembly took last week when mandate relief legislation was passed.
tragedy Role of terror needs to be known
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., is right to abandon political correctness in his desire to know what effect, if any, Islamic terrorists had on the man accused of killing 13 people and wounding 29 others at Fort Hood, Texas.
» Full StoryPlowing Halt the use of ash on roads
What are the effects of bottom coal ash, some of which is used by municipalities on our area roads?
We’re really not sure today, but after a presentation last week at Shorewood Country Club by Diane Hofner of Portland and Dr.
SENECA NATION — Taxes are ‘too much to ask’
We have a suggestion for a must-read book for state legislators who will soon issue a report on collecting sales taxes on goods sold on reservations to non-Indians. And if Gov.
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