All Publications by Stuart M.
  • Executive Memorandum posted July 11, 1994 by Stuart M. Dole's Health Care Compromise: A Prudent Foundation for Reform

    (Archived document, may contain errors) 7/11/94 385 DOLE"S HEALTH CARE COMPROMISE: A PRUDENT FOUNDATION FOR REFORM Lawmakers return to Washington after the July 4th reces's with only a f6w weeks remaining until they de- part to campaign full-time for the November election. Yet included in Congress's busy schedule is considera- tion of four committee-passed… Read more

  • Executive Memorandum posted May 16, 1994 by Stuart M. Why Americans Should Beware Health Reform 'Triggers'

    (Archived document, may contain errors) 5/1&94 379 WHY AMERICANS SHOULD BEWARE HEALTH REFORM "TRIGGERS" Having apparently lost the battle to persuade Americans to support job-killing employer mandates as a way of paying for a government-run national health care system, some lawmakers have conjured up a legislative de- vice to achieve their goal. Their ploy i… Read more

  • Executive Memorandum posted November 9, 1993 by Stuart M. Why the Clinton Administration Will Be Exempt from the Clinton Health Plan

    (Archived document, may contain errors) 1 .'9/93 369 WHY THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION WILL BE EXEMPT F110M THE CLINTON HEALTH PLAN The Clinton Administration is very sensitive to nine million special Americans who are anxious about being included in the Administration's proposed national heal th care plan. 7bese worried Americans are Administra- tion officials, the White… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted January 12, 1993 by Stuart M. The Contradictions In the Clinton Health Plan

    (Archived document, may contain errors) 924 I I January 12,1993 THE CONTRADICITONS IN THE CIJNTON HEALTlMLAN INTRODUCTION I' The most obvious defect of the current Clinton proposal is that it tries to combine in one measure two completely contradictgr strategies for reforming the health system. On the one hand it incorporates all the… Read more

  • Executive Memorandum posted June 9, 1992 by Stuart M. How to Create a Successful Enterprise Zone Program

    (Archived document, may contain errors) 0/92 334 HOW TO CREATE A SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISE ZONE PRO GRAM After twelve years of deliberation, and pushed into long-m@ action by the recent riot in Los Angola, Congress at last seems poised to enact enterprise zone legisiatioti. What lawmakers now must do is remember the purpose of… Read more

  • Executive Memorandum posted May 5, 1992 by Stuart M. The Urban Policy America Needs

    (Archived document, may contain errors) 5/5/92 330 THE URBAN POLICY AMERICA NEEDS Last week's riots in Los Angeles horrified law-abiding Americans everywhere. Ile disturbances trig- gered urgent demands for order to be restored. But they also generated calls for action to deal with the deep- seated frustrations of Americans living in poor central-city neighborhoods-frustrations, it… Read more

  • Executive Memorandum posted February 7, 1992 by Stuart M. What's Right and Wrong with Bush's Health Plan

    (Archived document, may contain errors) 321 Y-M VgW\u223\'a7 @qW gD BVSH9S HEALTH PLAN Pq@ hqs 1#4q @hq f toward so!v!ng t@e underlying problem of America's health care sys- 'AMTicl WOW mmeoveraip is s a:.-. tA a _- III i . "d-hi iftW eWgW-ftWMAU" an* %: Yom ddr(@ii 1i8 '"14 _14 :.s 9… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted July 20, 1990 by Stuart M. Using Tax Credits to Create an Affordable Health System

    (Archived document, may contain errors) m July 20,1990 INTRODUCI'ION De mands are growing for reform of America's health care system.To be sure, the quality of care available in the United States surpasses that of any other nation. Still, as many as 37 million Americans are without health insur z~llce during at least part of… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted February 9, 1990 by Stuart M. The Peace Dividend: It Belongs to the People Not Congress

    (Archived document, may contain errors) 752 February9,1990 THE PEACEDMD IT BmNGS TO THE PEOPLE, NOT CONGRESS INTRODUCTION As soon as the first holes were punched through the Berlin Wall, and Eastern Europe began its breathtaking rush toward democracy, there was talk in Washington of a Peace Dividend and of ways to spend it.… Read more

  • Executive Memorandum posted July 27, 1989 by Stuart M. Reforming HUD to Prevent New Scandals

    (Archived document, may contain errors) 7/27/89 244 REFORMING HUD TO PREVENT NEW SCANDALS Charges of influence-peddling at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have elicited declarations of shock and dismay from lawmakers who normally boast of their version of influence-peddling: the ability to win favors for constituents. Ile existence of this cynical double standard… Read more