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Food Stamp Reform

This paper analyzes three bills to reform the food stamp program: S.2451, sponsored by Senators McGovern and Dole; S.2537, the Administration's proposal; and S.1993, sponsored by Senator Buckley. The most important provisions of these reform bills are summarized and evaluated, emphasizing proposed income maximums for eligibility and changes in benefit levels. Then the impacts of each bill on se...

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Stamp out lung cancer

Over the course of the past several decades, we have made only a few small strides in our fight against lung cancer, in spite of significant efforts put in by the medical research community. The overall five-year survival for lung cancer still remains lower than 20%. In the era of molecularly targeted therapies, new drugs, specifically the drugs that target the EGFR and the VEGF pathways, have ...