National Desk
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Insurers Call for New Plan To Help Uninsured
WASHINGTON — Health insurance companies proposed a $300 billion plan yesterday aimed at getting coverage for all uninsured children in three years and for most adults within 10. The plan includes tax breaks for the working poor and increased government spending for Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
— Associated Press
Illegal Immigration Report Says Abortion Is Partly to Blame
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.— A Republican-led legislative panel claims in a new report on illegal immigration that abortion is partly to blame because it is causing a shortage of American workers. The report from the state House Special Committee on Immigration Reform also claims “liberal social welfare policies” have discouraged Americans from working and encouraged immigrants to cross the border illegally. The statements about abortion, welfare policies, and a recommendation to abolish income taxes in favor of sales taxes were inserted into the immigration report by the committee chairman, Rep. Ed Emery. All six Democrats on the panel refused to sign the report. Some called the abortion assertion ridiculous and embarrassing.
— Associated Press
Study Links Red Meat, Breast Cancer
WASHINGTON — Younger women who eat red meat regularly appear to face an increased risk for a common form of breast cancer, according to a large wellknown Harvard study of women’s health. The study of more than 90,000 women found the more red meat the women consumed when they were in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, the greater their risk for getting breast cancer fueled by hormones in the next 12 years. Those who consumed the most red meat faced nearly twice the risk of those who ate red meat infrequently.
— The Washington Post
Military Widows Sue To Get Pentacle Symbol On Husbands’ Graves
WASHINGTON — The widows of two combat veterans sued the government yesterday for not allowing Wiccan symbols on their husbands’ military headstones. The Department of Veterans Affairs allows families to choose any of 38 headstone images, including symbols for Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, and for smaller religions. The Wiccan pentacle, a five-pointed star surrounded by a circle, is not on the list.
— Associated Press
