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February 22, 2004

I wonder what would make them think it was a good idea?

You can't blame the CIA for this one.

You know, there's a reason someone felt it was a good idea to spin this report, and it has to do with expectations created by the general environment. Like when Amadou Diallo was assaulted and the disgusting police officer walked around bragging about what he had done. On the one hand, you can't blame anyone except the guilty for the specific deed. On the other hand, you have to admit something is wrong when he could walk around bragging, fully expecting not only acceptance but a pat on the back.

Taking Spin Out of Report That Made Bad Into Good Health
By ROBERT PEAR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 — The Bush administration says it improperly altered a report documenting large racial and ethnic disparities in health care, but it will soon publish the full, unexpurgated document.

"There was a mistake made," Tommy G. Thompson, the secretary of health and human services, told Congress last week. "It's going to be rectified."

Mr. Thompson said that "some individuals took it upon themselves" to make the report sound more positive than was justified by the data.

The reversal comes in response to concerns of Democrats and the Senate majority leader, Bill Frist, Republican of Tennessee. They are pushing separate bills to improve care for members of minorities.

"African-Americans and Native Americans die younger than any other racial or ethnic group," Dr. Frist said. "African-Americans, Native Americans and Hispanic Americans are at least twice as likely to suffer from diabetes and experience serious complications. These gaps are unacceptable."

President Bush's budget would cut spending for the training of health professionals and would eliminate a $34 million program that recruits blacks and Hispanics for careers as doctors, nurses and pharmacists.

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