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Why don't the citizens of this country deserve the same health care as the members of Congress? Why doesn't the press relentlessly pursue this obvious question? For instance, it would seem to me that any member of Congress over the age of 65 should be required to go on Medicare. Do we NOT need a national figure--a national Howard Jarvis so to speak-- to mandate that any legislation put upon the poeple is put upon all? Might not such a tactic that demands health care be the same for all be one that EVERYONE gets behind?

WASHINGTON — As they tell the story in Texas, when George W. Bush was governor, he fought hard to put austere limits on a new federal-state plan to provide health insurance for children of low-wage workers in the state. Outmaneuvered by Democrats, he corralled the program's chief sponsor on the statehouse floor and conceded defeat, saying, "You crammed it down our throats." Now, almost 10 years later, President Bush is threatening to veto federal legislation that would renew the same partnership — the State Children's Health Insurance Program — and expand it to cover more of the nation's nearly 9...

CHARLOTTE, NC -- Wachovia Corp., the nation's fourth-largest bank, is giving its lowest-paid employees a break on their health-insurance premiums while asking their higher-paid colleagues to fork over more cash for the same coverage. The new tiered pricing system replaces one in which employees earning the highest salaries paid the same premiums as lower-paid workers for the same benefit. Wachovia has nearly 100,000 employees. It's the latest twist in employers' struggles with skyrocketing healthcare costs. And it's surfacing at a time when employees are signing up for health benefits and learning about changes in their plan. Such a system can...

<p>The Legislature approved a landmark health bill that would assure medical coverage for more than 1 million uninsured workers...</p>