25 years of Roe: Abortion rights still need protection
Twenty-five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against an anti-abortion law in Texas, stating that it violated women's constitutional right to privacy - arguably one of the most important and controversial judicial decisions in the last 30 years. Heated debate surrounded the groundbreaking Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973 and similar arguments persist today. With the ruling, the court opened the door for all women in the country to have an absolute right to an abortion in the first three months of pregnancy.
Overdue payment: Witholding Medicare payments hurts patients
Last week, the federal government initiated a plan to recover money from about 1,400 doctors and health care workers nationwide who have defaulted on government-guaranteed student loans. Under the new system, the government will no longer reimburse the delinquent doctors for treating Medicare and Medicaid patients. Proponents hope that the financial pressure engendered by the tactic will force doctors to remit the balance due on their loans.
Frightening predictions for the future rarely prove to be right
This, in case no one's noticed, is 1998. 1997 ended about three weeks ago.
Time has a funny habit of moving forward. Thus, at no point in the near future are we going to return to the grand golden days of yore when everything was supposedly perfect.
01-22-98
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