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Daily Policy Digest
Tuesday, January 8, 2002

	A fifth of employers are likely to switch to consumer-driven health plans, a recent survey reports....
USA TODAY/WALL STREET JOURNAL
	Health spending jumped 6.9 percent in 2000, and now totals 13.2 percent of national output....
NEW YORK TIMES
	Huge gaps exist in quality of pre-school education despite states' interest in kindergarten preparation....
EDUCATION WEEK/USA TODAY
	Mental health parity laws cause insurance claims to drop, leading to the opposite of the intended effect....
FORBES
	There are twice as many special districts as cities in the United States -- many with taxing authority, but few voters....
DALLAS MORNING NEWS

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