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C' * *N c ifor the vouchers. He also urges small businesses to form
networks to campaign for lower rates.
Problems: The price tag accompanying Bush's proposal,
rem ediesfor health care $100 billion over five years, will likely doom the bill. While
he offered a 38-page list of funding options, the President
didn't specifically say how he would fund the system. While
BySCOTT MCPHERSON he has promised to control Medicaid and Medicare
TheEquinox, Keene State College expenditures, his system will do little to curb rising health
care costs.
As health care takes on an increasingly important role in Jerry Brown
the 1992 election, candidates are proposing a variety of Policy Proposal: Brown's "Family Bill of Rights" would
plans to cure the ills of an aging population and ensure that include the right of Americans to have some form of health
the young can afford adequate health care. care. His single-payer system, modeled after the Canadian
The United States and South Africa are the only two health care system, would work to control costs. The federal
industrialized nations without a system of nationalized government would act as insurers, footing the bill and
health care. negotiating fees within the industry. Brown
Pat Buchanan also emphasizes what are quickly becoming
Policy Proposal: Keeping to traditional Coebuzzwords on college campuses: wellness
conservative values, Buchanan would offer a and prevention.
medical Individual Retirement Account Problems: Brown has offered few specifics
which could be used to pay for health care on how to finance his single-payer system,
costs. _ _ _ _ but says his 13 percent flat rate income tax
Problems: Buchanan is strictly opposed to would cover costs.
any increase in federal spending. He would face opposition Bill Clinton
over his desire to trim federal aid programs, a move which Policy Proposal: Clinton promises to deliver a health care
would harm the low-income Americans who need health initiative within his first year in office, one which includes
care initiatives the most. proposals for long-term and prenatal care. Clinton believes
George Bush he can create enough savings by cutting health care costs so
Policy Proposal: Bush offers federal support for private that he wouldn't have to raise taxes.
health insurance. Individuals whose income level falls below Problems: Taking on the big guns in the health care and
the poverty line would receive a federal voucher to buy insurance industries will be a difficult battle. Saving $125
insurance. Bush has not said if college students can qualify billion is easier said than done.
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Paul Tsongas
Policy Proposal: Through managed competition, Tsongas
hopes to reduce health care costs. He would encourage
competition within the health care industry, allowing
consumers to choose their providers. His plan also would
provide coverage for unemployed and part-time workers.
Problems: The upfront cost, $8 billion, is among the
lowest of all the proposals. The program would be funded
through a 6 to 8 percent payroll tax on business. However,
the thought of increased taxes is usually enough to kill a bill.
Give $2,354 and call me in the morning
By TOM BUCKLEY insurance, many of them young adults just
The Crimson White, U. of Alabama getting out of college. A survey of national
insurance agencies shows that virtually all of
Mosts American don't think about health them delete students from their parents'
care or its cost until they need it. coverage when the student turns 23.
Yet in 1989, health care expenditures "Health care may not be in front of the
amounted to $604 billion, or more than minds of college-aged persons," said Ted
$2,354 per person. By the year 2000, it is Bobrow, a spokesman for the Washington,
estimated that costs will have risen to more D.C.-based American Association of Retired
than $1.6 trillion - with nearly $17 of every Persons. "But they need to be covered just as
$100 earned going to pay for health care. much as anybody else."
Costs are rising "Health is very
rapidly, leaving many ,-.important to all of us,
unable to afford ade- no matter what the
quate health care. age," said Charles
Many people are Fahey, a professor of
looking to this year's aging studies at New
presidential election York's Fordham U.
to bring about reform and chairman of the
in the health care Federal Council on
system. Aging during the
"There are a lot of Nixon, Ford and
reasons why this had Carter administra-
become tle major tions. "So much of
issue," said Campbell health has to do with
Thomson of the what we do for our-
Federation of Ameri- selves. What we eat
can Health Systems, R and drink, all of the
the trade association things in which we
representing 1,400 of BRIAN KRATZER, overindulge...it affects
the nation's investor- THE KANSAS STATE COLLEGIAN, KANSAS STATE U. our health. We are
owned hospitals and An aging population has vaulted the heatlh almost over reliant on
hospital management care issue to the forefront. the medical care
groups. "The cost of system to pick up on
health care has grown. The government is our shortcomings."
only willing to pay for a portion of its Health care becomes an even greater
patients. And private health insurance has problem as we age. The elderly comprise
been picking up the costs of those uninsured only 12 percent of America's population, yet
and that has made premiums increase." they are responsible for one-third of total
All of this has left an estimated 38 million U.S. health care expenditures, according to
Americans without any form of health the Center for the Study of Aging at the U.
of Alabama. The elderly consume three
times more health care resources than those
under 65.
And America's need for affordable health
care will continue to grow. In 1988, 440,000
Americans age 45 and over required long-
term health care. By the year 2000, it is
estimated this number will increase to
500,000, and by the year 2020, the number
will have tripled to 1.5 million, according to
a study done by the Alabama Gerontological
Society. All of this will put our present
health care system under an incredible
strain.
"One of (the AARP's) top priorities is to
reform the nation's health care system,"
Bobrow said. "Many people end up
spending their life savings on medical care,
leaving spouses and children to cope with
the aftermath."
The situation is critical and getting worse.
"The problem is at the national level,"
said Ed Charles, a medical economist and
research professor of medicine at the U. of
Alabama at Birmingham School of
Medicine. "We are on schedule to end up
with some catastrophic problem, and
legislation will have to be passed before
anythingmeaningful will be done.
"Unfortunately, whoever becomes
president in 1992 will not be able to do
anything," he said. "Our (present health
care system) is set until around the turn of
the century."
Bobrow, however, is more optimistic.
"In the last eight months there has been
acceleration toward reform," he said. "I
don't have a crystal ball, though, so I don't
know when Congress will finally act."
Scott McPherson, The Equinox, Keene State
College, contributed to this story.
Register to vote
or stop whining
By GREG KLEIN
The Auburn Plainsman, Auburn U.
Too bad registering for classes isn't
as easy as registering tovote.
"Young people sometimes think that
they aren't ready to be in the
mainstream," said Juanita Eber,
president of the Atlanta/Fulton
County League of WomenVoters.
"But youth is always the redemption
of a country because they are the
future," Eber added. " Therefore, it is
important for them to vote as early and
as often as they can."
You can't vote, however, unless you
register.
While places to register vary by state,
the most consistent place is the county
courthouse. You must register in the
county in which youwillvote.
Two factors that vary are how long
you must be a resident prior to
registering and how far in advance of
the electionyoumustregister.
Thirty days is the standard for both,
but some states don't require you to
meet either until the day of the
election.
If you have registered previously but
didn't vote in the 1988 election, you
should call your local courthouse to
make sure you're still registered.
Chances are you won't be. All but
nine states have procedures for
purging registrations of people who
fail to vote.
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