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PC Magazine October 28, 2003	Libraries Face Up to Filters When a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled this summer that federally funded libraries must install software filters on public-access computers, the decision capped off a fiery debate over library patrons' First Amendment rights. Months later, it's clear the controversy isn't over.
Managed Care September 2003	Should Benefit to Individuals Outweigh Good for Groups? Medical ethicists believe the United States needs to have a forthright public debate about how to spend limited health care resources wisely. Can consumer-directed plans, with their emphasis on giving people a stake in health care costs, play a role in forming that public discussion?
Managed Care September 2003 Michael Chiusano	Too Early To Write Obituary For Patients' Bill of Rights Back from obscurity, the Patients' Bill of Rights is poised to become an issue in the presidential election -- depending on whom you ask.
Managed Care September 2003	Medicare+Choice expenses increasing for enrollees Those who argue that Medicare and managed care don't mix well have new data to take to the fight. A Commonwealth Fund report states that the average out-of-pocket costs for Medicare+Choice enrollees soared 10 percent this year.
Managed Care September 2003	Workers more concerned about layoffs and health insurance There are deep concerns in society, according to a recent survey of 1,015 adults conducted by Rutgers University. In it, 71 percent of workers who had been laid off between 2000 and 2003 support government strategies that would help those out of work maintain health benefits.
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Aaron Bernstein	Stuck in the Slow Lane Two more-scholarly books give the numbers behind the anecdotes in Barbara Ehrenreich's best-selling Nickel & Dimed, showing how subpoverty jobs have become a permanent and growing blight on the U.S. economy.
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Paul Magnusson	The Split Over School Vouchers Why black Dems in D.C. are defying national groups to back a pilot program
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Howard Gleckman	Wesley Clark: Marching Down the Middle He sets a centrist economic agenda, -- relying on former Clinton advisers.
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Kimberly Weisul	Throwing a Line to Uninsured Workers Across the country, heads of small businesses rank the cost and availability of health insurance as the biggest problem facing their businesses. Dozens of state and local governments are trying to help.
CIO October 1, 2003 Stephanie Overby	Recalling Florida Remember Florida in 2000? The outdated voting machines and disputed election results? The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California does, and it has sued to block California's recall election slated for Oct. 7, until the state replaces its punched-card voting systems.
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