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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate healthcare reform as an issue in the next presidential election, and in the 1991 U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania between Senator Harris L. Wofford Jr. and Richard L. "Dick" Thornburgh. The episode aired on Thursday, October 31, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for family leave legislation that would require employers to provide workers with time off to deal with urgent family health situations. The episode aired on Tuesday, October 29, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for action on Medicare fraud, due to reports of companies overcharging the Medicare program for home medical equipment for the elderly and disabled. The episode aired on Friday, October 18, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate President Bush's recent funding request for the Healthy Start Program, which works to lower infant mortality rates in poor neighborhoods. The episode aired on Monday, October 14, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate public health policy on AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), including addressing attitudes toward the disease and funding research to find a cure. The episode aired on Monday, October 7, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for oversight of pharmaceutical companies because of high prescription drug prices. The episode aired on Friday, October 4, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate how to cover costs of breast cancer screening and fund breast cancer research. The episode aired on Wednesday, October 2, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the adequacy of current job safety regulations after a deadly fire at a poultry plant in Hamlet, North Carolina. The episode aired on Tuesday, October 1, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether the Bush administration's plan to reform rules for Medicare payments amounts to a cut in Medicare funding. The episode aired on Friday, September 27, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for tougher criminal penalties against businesses that violate health and safety laws protecting workers. The episode aired on Friday, April 12, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate how to regulate prescription drug prices in response to pharmaceutical companies raising prices and eliminating discounts to certain buyers rather than meeting the requirement to offer the same discounts to Medicaid. The episode aired on Tuesday, February 26, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need to add a long-term care insurance program to the Social Security and Medicare programs for the elderly. The episode aired on Thursday, February 21, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need for family leave legislation that would require employers to provide workers time off to care for a new baby or an ill family member. The episode aired on Tuesday, February 19, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the violation of federal occupational safety and health laws by the Peabody Coal Company, which was charged with falsifying coal dust samples in order to pass air quality inspection. The Senators suggest reforms to prevent future violations by other coal companies. The episode aired on Friday, February 15, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the proposal by President Bush to require means testing of senior citizens and to limit Medicare benefits based on income. The episode aired on Tuesday, February 12, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate how to invest in children through federal spending on programs to benefit children's health and education. The episode aired on Thursday, February 7, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether smoke-free areas should be created for the sake of health, and the possible cause-and-effect relationship between the recent prohibition of smoking at a Michigan county jail and the reduction in drug smuggling into the jail by visitors. The episode aired on Thursday, January 31, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate how to reform the U.S. healthcare system and whether there should be universal access to health insurance for all citizens. The episode aired on Wednesday, January 30, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need to address abuses by pharmaceutical firms that provide incentives to influence doctors to prescribe their medications. The episode aired on Friday, January 18, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the use of Medicare to pay medical bills in circumstances when the claims should be paid through private insurance instead. Senator Kennedy mentions similar issues with Medicaid payments. The episode aired on Tuesday, January 15, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the importance of creating living wills to document advance health care directives, including the right to refuse medical treatment. The episode aired on Friday, January 11, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether the federal government is spending enough on funding for AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) research and medical treatment. The episode aired on Monday, January 7, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate priorities for political action in the new year ahead (1991). They mention jobs, civil rights, education, health care, and the federal budget deficit. The episode aired on Monday, December 31, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate recommendations by the National Commission on Drug-Free Schools to stop companies from targeting young Americans with cigarette and alcohol advertising. The episode aired on Monday, December 10, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
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Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate ways to reduce infant mortality rates in the United States in light of new data. The episode aired on Thursday, November 29, 1990, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.