Word: supportive
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...utmost respect for Williams. His no-nonsense attitude towards Everett's inappropriate behavior is an example of the correct belief that star players shouldn't receive any special treatment. In this light, it is unfortunate that Duquette choose to publically undercut William's judgement. In a sickeningly show of support for Everett at the expense of his manager, Duquette said "the bottom line is how you perform on the field." Duquette dismissed the rest as auxiliary issues...
...into law an NRA backed bill that allows almost any Texan who is not a felon to obtain a concealed carry license and carry concealed handguns into churches, amusement parks and even schools. Bush still staunchly defends the law despite polls showing that less than a majority of Texans support it. Last year, he signed into law another NRA backed bill banning Texas cities and counties from bringing lawsuits against the firearm industry. In a recent survey of state gun laws, Texas ranked 45th in the nation, having some of the weakest gun control laws in the country...
Gore is not as vocal as Bush about the importance of choice in the health care system. Instead, his preoccupation is with the solvency of Medicare. He recently criticized 1997 cutbacks to Medicare and indicated his support for elevating Medicare funding to $339 billion. Yet Bush's and Gore's proposals are not as different as they first appear. Both are advocating centralized health care providers; Bush in the private sphere with multi-state HMOs, Gore in the public, with state-backed Medicare. Properly administered, centralized health care offers many advantages, most important of which is the ease in which...
...with protecting Americans' right to choose. Gore eschews the restrictive lists of preferred or selected providers, typical of most managed care plans. He promises that patients, not companies, will decide which doctors they see and when. Bush, on the other hand, has rallied behind America's smaller communities, in support of 1,200 new community health centers...
...quality control, Bush and Gore see eye-to-eye. Both support increased funding for research institutions, such as the National Institute of Health, and greater regulation of managed care providers. And both have comparable proposals on health care security, proposing prescription drug plans that differ slightly in federal spending caps...