Right on the money: The George W. Bush profile

By Charles Lewis

On January 30, 1990, Platt's Oilgram News, a respected trade journal of the petroleum industry, reported that a subsidiary of a small, Dalla

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"… aranteed that the shaky company stayed afloat. John Macomber, the chief executive officer of Celanese Corporation, invested $79,500, and William Draper I …"

"… 100,000 in Arbusto. Ohrstrom had attended Greenwich Country Day in Connecticut with Bush’s father. Ohrstrom was a business partner of Philip Uzielli, a …"

"… business partner of Philip Uzielli, a wealthy investor and the owner of Executive Resources, a company based first in the Dutch West Indies and later in …"

"… s sole term as President.Russell Reynolds, Jr., the founder of his own executive search firm, Russell Reynolds Associates, put up $23,250. H. Leland Get …"

Despite Tucson and rising needs, mental health takes a back budget seat

By Amy Biegelsen

States have cut $2.1 billion from their mental health budgets over the last three fiscal years, and more slashing is expected in coming week

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"… ney has cushioned the blow by pumping $103 billion into the states through Medicaid since early 2009. The money has been keeping state-run health insurance pr …"

"… number of mentally ill people who are incarcerated is high and growing.”MedicaidThe situation will be exacerbated further as federal stimulus dollars dry u …"

"… on boost to the amount of money the federal government gave the states for Medicaid. In August 2010, Congress approved $16 billion in additional funds. As a c …"

"… stimulus money, the federal government required states to keep everyone in Medicaid that was eligible before the crisis. Those eligible for Medicaid are mostl …"

Tobacco settlement helps everyone but smokers

By John Dunbar

WASHINGTON, December 8, 2000 — Two years after cigarette makers reached a landmark settlement with the states over costs associated with tr

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"… he year that health services lost out to election-year politics.”Connecticut dedicated the majority of its share to fund a freeze on tuition at the Uni …"

"… rity of its share to fund a freeze on tuition at the University of Connecticut and to local property tax relief. New York is spending $250 million for de …"

"… e, which makes it very tough to institute policies or laws that in any way cut or reduce smoking rates, even for youth,” Menisa Marshall, communication …"

"… o companies defenses in the courtroom.The potent combination of state prosecutorial power and the best private attorneys money could buy was too much for …"

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OSHA’s laissez-faire attitude

By The Center for Public Integrity

Since 2001, funding cuts at OSHA have been mirrored by a drop in the enforcement budget for the agency

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"… safety rule," which was issued by a court order. OSHA has seen its funding cut, when adjusted for inflation, every year since FY 2001, according to the w …"

"… ear since FY 2001, according to the watchdog group OMB Watch; those budget cuts, in turn, have been mirrored by a drop in the enforcement budget for the …"

'Free-for-all' decimates fish stocks in the southern Pacific

By Mort Rosenblum and Mar Cabra

Fishing fleets have devastated stocks in the southern Pacific, once among the world’s richest waters

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"… he family to Hong Kong and started a seafood business in 1986. When the executive board meets in its no-frills conference room overlooking the harbor, hi …"

"… wyer working for the company allegedly threatened an Auckland fisheries executive by showing him pictures of his family.Asked to comment, Ng said that di …"

"… t is 80 percent of the previous year’s quota.In 2009, Ifop urged a sharp cut to 750,000 tons, according to the non-profit environmental group, Oceana, …"

"… d it.As jack mackerel stocks plummet, government officials and industry executives each blame the other for not taking earlier, firm action to reduce quo …"

Public overwhelmingly supports large defense spending cuts

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Young, old, Republicans, Democrats, men, women all say they favor whopping reductions in military spending.

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"… prising consensus among the public about what should be done: They want to cut spending far more deeply than either the Obama administration or the Repub …"

"… ic Consultation and the Stimson Center. Not only does the public want deep cuts, it wants those cuts to encompass spending in virtually every military do …"

"… he Stimson Center. Not only does the public want deep cuts, it wants those cuts to encompass spending in virtually every military domain — air power, s …"

"… e of the budget as well as shown expert arguments for and against spending cuts, two-thirds of Republicans and nine in 10 Democrats supported making imme …"

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GOP platform at odds with public on defense spending

By Aaron Mehta

GOP platform calls for commitment to missiles, hard line on Iran; public wants more cuts

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"… trimming — around three-quarters of those polled thought there should be cuts for air power, ground forces, and naval forces, and over eighty percent s …"

"… waste” in the defense budget. In fact, respondents preferred far deeper cuts than those suggested by either the Obama administration or the Republican …"

"… ent Republican congressmen who wrote a letter in February calling proposed cuts by the Obama administration a “deep concern.” At the time, the Center …"

"… ot expanded. In fact, respondents on average favored at least a 27 percent cut in spending on nuclear arms — the largest proportional cut of any in the …"

Is the Democratic platform in synch with the public on national defense?

By Aaron Mehta and R. Jeffrey Smith

Democratic platform offers hints at how Obama would handle defense in second term.

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"… d Aug. 30.) While the platform does not specifically call for defense cuts, it mirrors the strategic plan laid out by Secretary of Defense Leon Pane …"

"… idespread public support for Special Forces, coupled with a willingness to cut spending on ground forces.Although the Republican platform also lacked spe …"

"… ense spending if elected in November. In the survey, however, overall cuts in defense spending were supported by voters from both sides of the polit …"

"… of Republicans and nine in 10 Democrats polled supported making immediate cuts.The average amount was around $103 billion, a substantial portion of the …"

Growth of electronic medical records eases path to inflated bills

By Fred Schulte

Billing software helps medical professionals document higher fees.

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"… edical records, long touted by government officials as a critical tool for cutting health care costs, appear to be prompting some doctors and hospitals t …"

"… — to be cost-effective, allowing smoother information sharing that helps cut down on wasteful spending and medical errors.Yet Medicare regulators also …"

"… , and perhaps even accuse them of impropriety.Simborg also headed up an executive team HHS turned to in 2007 to recommend fraud controls in digital gear …"

"… rately and “do not facilitate upcoding.”‘Improper Payments’Connecticut doctor Stephen R. Levinson, who authored a major textbook on medical codin …"

Hospitals grab at least $1 billion in extra fees for emergency room visits

By Joe Eaton and David Donald

Center probe suggests facilities have taken advantage of government’s failure to set billing standards.

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"… ions have proposed national guidelines. So far, none of them have made the cut.In 2002, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Health I …"

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