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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. ....
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's promise that, ifelected, he will halve the budget deficit by 2008 ignores the mountain of impending entitlement spending that, if leftunreformed, will dwarf any achievable savings. His ambitiousspending plans would also require a $2,090 per household taxincrease in order to fulfill his deficit-reduction pledge. ....