时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:英语时差8,16


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The Hill–Burton Act – on Today's Congressional Moment. Few people remember this today, but universal health–care was on the national agenda six decades ago. President Harry 1 Truman tried, and failed, to convince the Congress to pass universal coverage 2. What he got instead was the Hill–Burton Act, the federal government's first venture into building hospitals. The act is named for its two sponsors in the Senate, Lister Hill, a democrat 3 from Alabama — whose physician father was the first American to suture a human heart — and Harold Burton, a republican from Ohio. They recognized that existing hospitals had been neglected during the years of the Depression and World War II, and that there was a desperate need for clinics and small hospitals, particularly in poor, rural areas. Their bill was path–breaking. It required facilities getting federal funds to provide medical services free or at reduced rates for people unable to pay. The measure also increased access to health care for Americans at a time when private capital for investment in hospitals was scarce. Over the years, the act pumped billions of dollars into projects and equipment in 4,000 communities around the country. Especially if you live in a rural county, odds 4 are good that the hospital or clinic you visit today was built using Hill–Burton funds. STANDARD CLOSING: This is Lee Hamilton. Congressional decisions impact all our lives. To find out more about how Congress works, or to get involved in your government, visit the Center On Congress website at congress.indiana.edu.



1 harry
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
2 coverage
n.报导,保险范围,保险额,范围,覆盖
  • There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
  • This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
3 democrat
n.民主主义者,民主人士;民主党党员
  • The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
  • About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后,他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
4 odds
n.让步,机率,可能性,比率;胜败优劣之别
  • The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
  • Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗?
学英语单词
2-phthalimidoglutarimide
air-burst
aminopropyls
anacrosis
Atharva Veda
bar-ends
binitro
block field
BRL-1702
CDCMm
cocardes
cold rolled plate
conjugates system
conscient
constant of the machine
continuous pressure operation
copper-green
cornering wear of tyre
cpims
cubebs
cyclic ketone
cytotechnologies
dictyopterous insects
draw of barge
duotriode
ear-training
eletroosmosis
epinastic curvature test
Epton(two-phase) titration
eulite
exchange of documents
ferrinatrite
finishing thresher
forgeless
Forsterite-marble
frouncing
Gaussian distribution
generation loss
give one's mite
guilt-feelings
Haemophilus influenzae
halfbeaks
headed flat-abscess
homeland-security
homing system of guidance
honeorhesis
hydraulic-electric lift
inches penetration per year
internal combustion engine driven paint sprayer
jarnut
John XI
Keen's operation
keeping time
king nut hickory
Lacroix
ligameata pubicum superius
Marxians
mechanism of corrosion
mercury sol
microsome (hanstein 1880)
mole-plough
NECT
NJCEC
nondestructive inspection standard
ODZ
oligomineral
paper peat
pentapanax castanopsisicola
Petropavlivka
praesumptio hominis vel facti
product bundle
proselachian
purchased funds
quarfeloid
rejuvenating
research projects
reversal of cure
right ascension
rizza
runs along
shafran
silver propionate
slip at grain boundary
Spargursville
state trial
stored energy constant
strategy formation
structural pattern recognition
subtreasury
superdicrotic pulse
timber door
todger
transfer of business
transition experiment
Trifid Nebula
ultra precise measurement
unbleached
unguifer
Xaafuun, Raas
Z-transformation