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Congress must recognize that an important distinction existsbetween the place of employment as the convenient place to obtaininsurance and making tax relief to families contingent uponemployer sponsorship of their health insurance.

Back to the Drawing Board: Why Tax Reform is the Key to Health CareReform

John Seaman takes his weekly look at life on the land in Bathurst and surrounds.

Senator John Kerry's health care plan would expand coverage butwould fall short in transforming health insurance markets andmaking patients the key decision makers in the system. In effect,it would reinforce the status quo, with (according to one estimate)nine of every 10 dollars spent going to employers, insurancecompanies, and state governments, not to individuals.

Today, nearly 44 million people will go without health insurance atsome point during the year; this number continues to grow at theastonishing rate of 100,000 each month.

President Bush's health care agenda would increase public andprivate coverage for millions of Americans. The outlined healthpolicy agenda introduces key changes in the conventional financingand delivery of health care. Chief among the proposals are healthcare tax credits for lower-income individuals and families and newmarket-based insurance reforms to enable Americans to purchaseprivate health coverage.

The past year - for many, many people - has been one to forget. But so many have given so much and continue to do so, from the youngest to those who have worked their entire lives and now find themselves at the heart of an invisible war on a deadly disease. What COVID-19 is, is a war. In the past, soldiers have picked up guns and killed enemies in battle. YOU wont have to spill blood, learn to shoot or dash through a no-mans land with bombs and bullets lighting up an ugly sky. YOU have to wear ...