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Opinion: Universal Baseline Health Coverage in U.S.
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 | It is interesting to note that the U.S. is the only modern industrialized nation that does not have some sort of universal health coverage. Furthermore, as the cost of insurance coverage in the U.S. continues to rise far faster than inflation and benefits continue to decline, our society is facing an increasingly urgent crises—the number of uninsured continues to sky rocket, while the under-insured middle class continues to expand. The result is record numbers of both children and adults who do not receive even basic timely medical attention, and when they do, they tend to run to costly emergency rooms in record numbers. Right-wing conservatives love to demonize "socialized medicine," but certainly not all "socialized medicine" is the same. In this country we pride ourselves on providing free public education for everyone, then why can't we provide at least some baseline level of medical care for everyone, especially kids? Some such coverage already exists and could certainly be expanded. This would not stop individuals from choosing to get additional private coverage, but it would provide a much needed benefit to those that cannot afford even adequate basic coverage. Taxes would go up, but I would be perfectly happy to pay higher taxes if that means I can actually get decent basic coverage without paying thousands a year in insurance premiums for unused coverage that actually does not cover much. |
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AARP: St. George Top Five Retirement Dream Town
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 | According to the July/August 2006 issue of AARP Magazine, St. George, Utah is one of five retiree "Dream Towns" in the United States. Author Sarah Mahoney did a review of all of the towns available to retirees and settled on Charleston, South Carolina; Rehoboth Beach, Deleware; Memphis, Tennesse; Las Cruces, New Mexico; and St. George, Utah.
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Opinion: Happy Father's Day. Where's Dad?
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 | If you hadn’t noticed, the father’s of the world are gone. Whether it be having children out of wedlock or two lesbian women having a child, one thing that is happening at an alarming rate is that fathers are disappearing from the landscape. Given the statistics for fatherless homes, our society is going to be in serious trouble. Here are a few alarming numbers from credible studies relating to this issue: |
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Modest Dress of Teens Speaks Volumes About Parents
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There is not a single parent alive who can control how a teenager dresses. Certainly, they can control what the teenager wears as they walk out the door, but if the child desires to dress like a belly-babe pop star when she arrives at school, there is little a parent can do to stop it. The sad reality is that parents can only teach the rules of modesty at a young age and hope that a child will follow them out of respect.
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Interview with John Bytheway
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 | Author John Bytheway discusses his books, his life and his service in this humorous and revealing interview with talk show host Doug Wright.
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