Senior Citizens and Elections
Representatives of older Americans and public policy groups debated various campaign issues and how they are perceived by senior citizens.
48 viewsRepresentatives of older Americans and public policy groups debated various campaign issues and how they are perceived by senior citizens.
48 viewsIn a point-counterpoint segment that did not air with Washington Friday Journal, the guests debated the future of Medicare and the proposals for reforming the program.
39 viewsStuart Butler, Heritage Foundation, made remarks at the Conservative Leadership Conference about the HealthCare System in the United States. Mr. Butler praised Senator Phil Gramm, R-Texas, f…
59 viewsMr. Butler spoke about the defeat of the Clinton health care reform legislation and the continuing battle over health care reform in various states. He also emphasized the need for reform, b…
34 viewsStuart Butler talked about the updated health care reform proposal offered by The Heritage Foundation. He answered viewer questions.
43 viewsHouse and Senate Republicans met jointly to hear testimony on four different health care reform plans being promoted in opposition to President Clinton’s health care proposal.
95 viewsThe National Employee Benefits Institute held a forum to discuss the pros and cons of managed health care as they seek to improve the quality of health care provided to employees. Panelists …
163 viewsMr. Butler and Ms. Wilensky discussed health care reform during a session in the Republican issues conference. Issues brought up in the discussion included the costs of health care reforms a…
36 viewsStuart Butler, Vice President of the Heritage Foundation, Tom Atwood also of The Heritage Foundation and author Eric Feltan discussed necessary changes to be made in the American political s…
50 viewsSenate Finance Committee held a hearing about Tax-Incentive Based Healthcare reform. The committee heard testimony in another of a series of hearings on proposals to reform the American heal…
98 viewsMr. Butler and Mr. Levitan discussed President Bush’s plan to develop and expand enterprise zones in 125 urban areas. The Treasury Department estimated that the program would cost close to $…
59 viewsMembers heard witnesses testify to the effectiveness of the war on poverty and the Bush administration’s efforts to combat poverty.
115 viewsThe Senate Labor Committee questioned Secretary Sullivan about the administration’s health care proposal introduced by President Bush in his State of the Union address. The president’s four-…
55 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee heard testimony for the second day on President Bush’s economic growth package which he unveiled at his annual State of the Union Address. Public witnesses…
170 viewsDr. Stuart Butler, director of domestic policy studies for the Heritage Foundation, offered a critique of the various health care reform proposals and elaborated on his own proposal for refo…
740 viewsThe Heritage Foundation and the Progressive Foundation co-sponsored a forum on politics in the 1990's entitled, “Left and Right: the Emergence of a New Politics in the 1990's?". Panelists di…
251 viewsThe former governor of New Jersey, Thomas Kean, addressed an audience at the Heritage Foundation on domestic and foreign policies in the 1990's. He discussed policy initiatives for the near …
35 viewsMembers of the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health & Environment heard testimony on proposals for reform of the U.S. health care system. The proposals were intended to increase th…
143 viewsThe Senate Small Business Committee heard testimony from public policy academicians and members of federal and local government on the policy of enterprise zones, which were economically dep…
149 viewsThe Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management sponsored a discussion titled “Applied Social Science Research - The View from Washington Think Tanks.” They talked about the role …
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