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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.
The extensive flooding of New Orleans caused by several breaks inthe levee system during Hurricane Katrina led to an extensivedebate about the performance of the Army Corps of Engineers inprotecting Americans from natural disasters.
Congress should heed the President's request to end federal fundingfor the Center for Civic Education and remove language thatauthorizes exclusive funding for the CCE from federal law at thenext opportunity. If Congress and the President work to arrest thealarming growth of federal education policy, they can provide avaluable civics lesson for all Americans.