Right to Try - February 2018

For eight years seniors have waited for leadership from the Clinton-Gore Administration to solve America’s Medicare and prescription drug crisis. The White House has not led—worse, this administration walked away from and the House Democrats walked out on bipartisan efforts to strengthen Medicare and provide prescription drug coverage options for seniors. Now, Vice President Gore is playing politics and pushing a dangerous Medicare plan that promises more than it provides. The Gore plan actually will:

A public filing released just before the holiday weekend reveals that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Cable Bureau has intensified scrutiny of the proposed AOL-Time Warner (AOL-TW) merger. This news comes in the midst of countless reports of price wars between cable modem, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service, and wireless broadband alternatives. With all of the price competition, why regulate?

“It is heartening to see that Gov. Bush’s plan is one that finally recognizes the failure of Medicare to meet the health care and prescription drug coverage needs for America’s seniors, and works to address those failures—responsibly, not just rhetorically,” stated CSE’s Vice President of Public Affairs, Marty Reiser.

Copley News Service, 09/04/2000

As published in The Washington Post, September 4, 2000 Much is being said about education in this election season. Last week Gov. George W. Bush launched a two-week round of television ads explaining his education reform plans. The week before, Vice President Al Gore spoke during his convention speech about his dedication to and plans for the nation's public schools. Yet with all the talk about class size and vouchers, school construction and teacher training, more needs to be said about the nuts and bolts of education: what is taught in the classroom.

As printed in the Hartford Courant, 09/03/2000 LEFT BACK: A CENTURY OF FAILED SCHOOL REFORMS by Diane Ravitch, Simon & Schuster, $30, 544 pp.