Word: righting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Daniel Patrick Moynihan was a great minder of Senate traditions and a stirring elected intellectual, perhaps Washington's last. But he sponsored no major legislation, was not the prophet he thinks he was--and never learned the difference between being right and being effective...
...Crimson employed a rarely-used option that involved two quick passes. From the top of the circle, co-captain Liz Sarles passed left to sophomore back Katie Scott, who again passed left to junior back Katie Turck. Turck's shot deflected the opposite way to the right side, where junior forward Jane Park pushed a slow roller through traffic that found its way into the left corner...
PLAN: Give uninsured families a $2,000 tax credit to help purchase insurance. Pass a patients' bill of rights with a restricted right to sue HMOs. Turn Medicare into an insurance subsidy, giving seniors money for private insurance and prescription-drug coverage...
...IMPACT: A patients' bill with such a limited right to sue keeps lawsuits from driving costs up but leaves patients little recourse if HMOs don't play fair. Privatizing Medicare will help cure its long-term financial troubles, but it risks creating a class system: full coverage for wealthy and low-income seniors, while those in the middle struggle to afford plans with prescription coverage...
PLAN: Insure more low- and middle-income children through the Children's Health Insurance Program, and allow CHIP parents to buy subsidized coverage. Pass a patients' bill of rights with the right to sue. Add a prescription benefit to Medicare, and lock away $435 billion to ensure that it stays solvent...