DATE: 08/03/2007 - 19.17.48

SELECTED PARTITION: N. 12 CLUSTERS
SELECTED CLUSTER: N. 11

256 ELEMENTARY CONTEXTS (E.C.) OUT OF A TOTAL OF 3373 CLASSIFIED, EQUIVALENT TO 7.59%

LIST OF THE CHARACTERISTIC WORDS
SORTED BY WEIGHED DESCENDING ORDER

LEMMA
CHI SQUARE
EC IN CLUSTER
EC IN TOTAL
health_care
403.986
72
139
family
347.978
70
148
Care
246.777
51
109
patient
200.064
21
26
pay
184.367
41
92
afford
165.269
28
51
health
149.597
28
55
insurance
113.612
17
28
premium
109.234
10
11
medical
102.403
21
44
benefit
100.987
24
56
uninsured
100.813
13
19
cost
93.736
30
86
bootstrap
85.408
7
7
job
84.316
42
159
employer
79.935
14
26
regulate
74.98
8
10
sick
69.614
12
22
fair
64.478
11
20
retirement
63.946
10
17
worker
62.104
26
88
pension
61.989
12
24
tuition_may_rise
61.042
6
7
industry
59.262
17
45
_TEXT_0017
59.261
20
59
bankruptcy
58.642
12
25
bill
57.799
37
160
doctor
55.242
14
34
_TEXT_0074
53.759
17
48
paperwork
48.761
4
4
_TEXT_0051
47.555
16
47
money
45.977
20
69
on-line
44.905
6
9
provide
42.854
27
115
system
42.554
23
90
Hospital
40.147
9
20
coverage
39.281
6
10
natural
39.281
6
10
Medicare
37.434
4
5
_TEXT_0002
37.283
13
39
lifetime
35.046
8
18
fast
35.046
8
18
count
34.693
6
11
nurse
34.693
6
11
wage
34.421
13
41
mom
32.804
7
15
drug
32.456
8
19
employee
32.456
8
19
information
30.164
10
29
factory
30.164
10
29
error
29.91
4
6
unemployment
29.91
4
6
guarantee
27.672
6
13
disaster
27.481
7
17
choose
27.374
13
47
co-payments
25.947
3
4
foresight
25.947
3
4
suburb
25.947
3
4
rise
25.14
16
68
Medicaid
24.558
4
7
_TEXT_0026
24.416
8
23
quality
24.416
8
23
veteran
23.658
13
51
single
21.044
12
48
prescription
20.565
4
8
healthy
20.565
4
8
statistic
20.565
4
8
cover
19.939
5
12
child_care
19.939
5
12
tax_breaks
19.939
5
12
electronic
19.611
3
5
quarter
19.611
3
5
bone
19.611
3
5
timidity
19.611
3
5
mouse
19.611
3
5
click
19.611
3
5
_TEXT_0004
18.851
8
27
Born
18.409
9
33
luck
17.476
4
9
tax
17.232
7
23
Small
16.703
10
41
cycle
15.414
3
6
exact
15.414
3
6
child
15.121
32
225
VA
15.021
4
10
negotiate
15.021
4
10
_TEXT_0012
14.44
12
58
lose
14.44
12
58
bargain
14.407
6
20
corporation
14.237
5
15
dollar
13.962
8
32
_TEXT_0039
13.264
6
21
cut
13.048
7
27
hire
12.832
5
16
labor
12.832
5
16
account
12.44
3
7
switch
12.44
3
7
divvy
12.44
3
7
disability
12.44
3
7
skyrocketing
12.44
3
7
senior
12.232
6
22
buy
11.421
7
29
illness
11.38
4
12
risk
10.664
10
51
unnecessary
10.27
2
4
update
10.27
2
4
slip
10.27
2
4
weather
10.27
2
4
anxiety
10.27
2
4
Jewish
10.27
2
4
stick
10.27
2
4
color
10.27
2
4
infrastructure
10.27
2
4
loophole
10.27
2
4
resistance
10.27
2
4
mentor
10.27
2
4
God-given
10.27
2
4
illustrate
10.27
2
4
skin
10.27
2
4
shut
10.27
2
4
rose
10.27
2
4
monitor
10.27
2
4
refund
10.27
2
4
Ford
10.27
2
4
full-time
10.27
2
4
inflation
10.27
2
4
store
10.229
3
8
expensive
10.229
3
8
leave
10.12
14
84
half
10.025
7
31
billion
10.015
9
45
pull
9.997
4
13
encourage
9.553
5
19
allow
9.066
13
79
hurricane
8.824
4
14
budget
8.818
7
33
Africa
8.695
5
20
Private
8.695
5
20
amount
8.695
5
20
plan
8.643
12
72
dime
8.527
3
9
pick
8.527
3
9
saving
8.527
3
9
buck
8.527
3
9
income
8.527
3
9
improve
8.412
8
41
support
8.028
12
74
sure
7.846
14
92
cause
7.842
9
50
fight
7.639
13
84
penalty
7.5
2
5
compensation
7.5
2
5
transaction
7.5
2
5
keep_up
7.5
2
5
collection
7.5
2
5
levee
7.5
2
5
Beijing
7.5
2
5
recovery
7.5
2
5
ceo
7.5
2
5
insure
7.5
2
5
grocery
7.5
2
5
medication
7.5
2
5
administrative
7.5
2
5
forbid
7.5
2
5
obvious
7.5
2
5
payment
7.5
2
5
HMOs
7.5
2
5
emergency
7.182
3
10
assume
7.182
3
10
refuse
7.157
6
29
men_and_women
7.131
8
44
woman
7.12
14
95
shot
6.948
4
16
visit
6.647
6
30
raise
6.447
9
54
safe
6.429
7
38
Illinois
6.388
8
46
Ocean
6.096
3
11
development
6.096
3
11
ignore
6.045
5
24
receive
6.037
7
39
aid
6.037
7
39
deal
5.72
8
48
stock_market
5.68
2
6
surprise
5.68
2
6
twenty-five
5.68
2
6
Dad
5.68
2
6
stream
5.68
2
6
better_off
5.68
2
6
short-term
5.68
2
6
transplant
5.68
2
6
breathe
5.68
2
6
Cancer
5.68
2
6
orphan
5.68
2
6
inside
5.68
2
6
Memphis
5.68
2
6
industrialize
5.68
2
6
African_American
5.68
2
6
Bangalore
5.68
2
6
handle
5.68
2
6
encounter
5.68
2
6
praise
5.68
2
6
factor
5.68
2
6
association
5.68
2
6
persevere
5.68
2
6
Dodge_Elementary
5.68
2
6
brave
5.524
4
18
wound
5.524
4
18
big
5.298
12
85
_TEXT_0032
5.288
9
58
profession
5.205
3
12
easily
5.205
3
12
minimum
5.205
3
12
adult
5.205
3
12
double
5.205
3
12
medicine
5.205
3
12
reward
5.205
3
12
perform
5.205
3
12
earn
5.063
5
26
respect
4.938
4
19
middle
4.938
4
19
individual
4.84
8
51
strengthen
4.635
5
27
mistake
4.635
5
27
burden
4.463
3
13
Chairman
4.463
3
13
training
4.418
4
20
federal_government
4.418
4
20
Social_Security
4.418
4
20
responsible
4.418
4
20
no_matter_where
4.403
2
7
Mine
4.403
2
7
pledge
4.403
2
7
roof
4.403
2
7
shop
4.403
2
7
costly
4.403
2
7
completely
4.403
2
7
stable
4.403
2
7
circle
4.403
2
7
decent
4.403
2
7
force
4.349
12
90
fund
4.32
9
62
poverty
4.275
6
36
education
4.247
11
81
tell
4.204
23
204
moment
4.126
7
45
American
3.927
31
295
promise
3.857
8
55




LEMMA
CHI SQUARE
WORD
OCC
health_care
403.986
health_care
79
family
347.978
families
39
family
347.978
family
40
Care
246.777
care
53
Care
246.777
caring
1
patient
200.064
patient
12
patient
200.064
patients
13
pay
184.367
paid
10
pay
184.367
pay
33
pay
184.367
paying
1
afford
165.269
afford
32
health
149.597
health
31
insurance
113.612
insurance
19
premium
109.234
premiums
12
medical
102.403
medical
23
benefit
100.987
benefit
3
benefit
100.987
benefits
22
uninsured
100.813
uninsured
15
cost
93.736
cost
20
cost
93.736
costs
17
bootstrap
85.408
bootstraps
7
job
84.316
job
39
job
84.316
jobs
16
employer
79.935
employer
6
employer
79.935
employers
13
regulate
74.98
regulated
1
regulate
74.98
regulating
7
sick
69.614
sick
12
fair
64.478
fair
11
retirement
63.946
retirement
10
worker
62.104
worker
3
worker
62.104
workers
24
pension
61.989
pension
4
pension
61.989
pensions
10
tuition_may_rise
61.042
tuition_may_rise
6
industry
59.262
industries
4
industry
59.262
industry
17
bankruptcy
58.642
bankruptcies
5
bankruptcy
58.642
bankruptcy
11
bill
57.799
bill
22
bill
57.799
bills
21
doctor
55.242
doctor
10
doctor
55.242
doctors
5
paperwork
48.761
paperwork
4
money
45.977
money
23
on-line
44.905
online
4
on-line
44.905
on-line
2
provide
42.854
provide
17
provide
42.854
provided
6
provide
42.854
provides
4
system
42.554
system
23
system
42.554
systems
2
Hospital
40.147
hospital
5
Hospital
40.147
hospitals
4
coverage
39.281
coverage
7
natural
39.281
natural
6
Medicare
37.434
Medicare
4
fast
35.046
faster
8
lifetime
35.046
lifetime
7
lifetime
35.046
lifetimes
1
count
34.693
count
7
nurse
34.693
nurse
3
nurse
34.693
nurses
2
nurse
34.693
nursing
1
wage
34.421
wage
7
wage
34.421
wages
6
mom
32.804
mom
9
drug
32.456
drug
10
drug
32.456
drugs
2
employee
32.456
employee
2
employee
32.456
employees
8
factory
30.164
factories
1
factory
30.164
factory
9
information
30.164
information
11
error
29.91
error
2
error
29.91
errors
2
unemployment
29.91
unemployment
4
guarantee
27.672
guarantee
3
guarantee
27.672
guaranteed
2
guarantee
27.672
guarantees
1
disaster
27.481
disaster
7
disaster
27.481
disasters
1
choose
27.374
choose
10
choose
27.374
choosing
1
choose
27.374
chose
2
co-payments
25.947
co-payments
3
foresight
25.947
foresight
3
suburb
25.947
suburb
3
rise
25.14
rise
9
rise
25.14
rising
8
Medicaid
24.558
Medicaid
4
quality
24.416
quality
8
veteran
23.658
veterans
22
single
21.044
single
12
healthy
20.565
healthier
1
healthy
20.565
healthy
3
prescription
20.565
prescription
1
prescription
20.565
prescriptions
3
statistic
20.565
statistics
4
child_care
19.939
child_care
5
cover
19.939
cover
5
tax_breaks
19.939
tax_breaks
5
bone
19.611
bone
2
bone
19.611
bones
1
click
19.611
click
3
electronic
19.611
electronic
3
mouse
19.611
mouse
3
quarter
19.611
quarter
3
timidity
19.611
timidity
3
Born
18.409
born
9
luck
17.476
luck
4
tax
17.232
tax
6
tax
17.232
taxes
3
Small
16.703
small
7
Small
16.703
smaller
2
Small
16.703
smallest
2
cycle
15.414
cycle
3
exact
15.414
exact
3
child
15.121
child
21
child
15.121
children
17
negotiate
15.021
negotiates
3
negotiate
15.021
negotiating
5
VA
15.021
VA
4
lose
14.44
lose
6
lose
14.44
loses
1
lose
14.44
lost
6
bargain
14.407
bargain
1
bargain
14.407
bargaining
5
corporation
14.237
corporation
1
corporation
14.237
corporations
4
dollar
13.962
dollars
9
cut
13.048
cut
3
cut
13.048
cuts
1
cut
13.048
cutting
3
hire
12.832
hire
2
hire
12.832
hired
3
labor
12.832
labor
6
account
12.44
account
1
account
12.44
accounts
2
disability
12.44
disability
3
divvy
12.44
divvy
3
skyrocketing
12.44
skyrocketing
3
switch
12.44
switch
3
senior
12.232
senior
1
senior
12.232
seniors
5
buy
11.421
bought
1
buy
11.421
buy
7
illness
11.38
illness
3
illness
11.38
illnesses
1
risk
10.664
risk
5
risk
10.664
risked
1
risk
10.664
risking
2
risk
10.664
risks
2
anxiety
10.27
anxiety
2
color
10.27
color
2
Ford
10.27
Ford
2
full-time
10.27
full-time
2
God-given
10.27
God-given
2
illustrate
10.27
illustrate
2
inflation
10.27
inflation
2
infrastructure
10.27
infrastructure
2
Jewish
10.27
Jewish
2
loophole
10.27
loopholes
2
mentor
10.27
mentor
2
monitor
10.27
monitor
2
refund
10.27
refund
2
resistance
10.27
resistance
2
rose
10.27
rose
2
shut
10.27
shuts
1
shut
10.27
shutting
1
skin
10.27
skin
2
slip
10.27
slip
2
stick
10.27
stick
1
stick
10.27
sticking
1
unnecessary
10.27
unnecessary
2
update
10.27
updated
2
weather
10.27
weather
2
expensive
10.229
expensive
3
store
10.229
store
1
store
10.229
stores
2
leave
10.12
leave
13
leave
10.12
Leaving
1
half
10.025
half
7
billion
10.015
billion
4
billion
10.015
billions
5
pull
9.997
pull
4
encourage
9.553
encourage
3
encourage
9.553
encouraging
2
allow
9.066
allow
4
allow
9.066
allowed
1
allow
9.066
allows
14
hurricane
8.824
Hurricane
3
hurricane
8.824
Hurricanes
1
budget
8.818
budget
5
budget
8.818
budgets
4
Africa
8.695
Africa
5
amount
8.695
amount
5
Private
8.695
private
5
plan
8.643
plan
9
plan
8.643
planning
1
plan
8.643
plans
2
buck
8.527
buck
1
buck
8.527
bucks
2
dime
8.527
dime
3
income
8.527
income
4
pick
8.527
pick
3
saving
8.527
savings
3
improve
8.412
improve
3
improve
8.412
improved
1
improve
8.412
improving
4
support
8.028
support
11
support
8.028
supporting
1
support
8.028
supports
1
sure
7.846
sure
17
cause
7.842
cause
5
cause
7.842
caused
3
cause
7.842
causes
1
fight
7.639
fight
9
fight
7.639
fighting
4
fight
7.639
fought
1
administrative
7.5
administrative
2
Beijing
7.5
Beijing
2
ceo
7.5
CEOs
2
collection
7.5
collection
1
collection
7.5
collections
1
compensation
7.5
compensation
2
forbid
7.5
forbids
2
grocery
7.5
groceries
1
grocery
7.5
grocery
1
HMOs
7.5
HMOs
2
insure
7.5
insure
1
insure
7.5
insured
1
keep_up
7.5
keep_up
2
levee
7.5
levees
2
medication
7.5
medication
2
obvious
7.5
obvious
2
payment
7.5
payment
1
payment
7.5
payments
1
penalty
7.5
penalties
3
recovery
7.5
recovery
2
transaction
7.5
transaction
2
assume
7.182
assume
3
emergency
7.182
emergency
3
refuse
7.157
refuse
1
refuse
7.157
refused
5
men_and_women
7.131
men_and_women
8
woman
7.12
woman
4
woman
7.12
women
10
shot
6.948
shot
4
visit
6.647
visit
1
visit
6.647
visited
3
visit
6.647
visits
2
raise
6.447
raise
7
raise
6.447
raising
2
safe
6.429
safe
7
Illinois
6.388
Illinois
9
development
6.096
Development
3
Ocean
6.096
ocean
2
Ocean
6.096
oceans
1
ignore
6.045
ignore
3
ignore
6.045
ignores
2
aid
6.037
aid
1
aid
6.037
AIDS
6
receive
6.037
receive
8
receive
6.037
received
1
deal
5.72
deal
5
deal
5.72
dealing
1
deal
5.72
deals
3
African_American
5.68
African_American
2
association
5.68
association
2
Bangalore
5.68
Bangalore
2
better_off
5.68
better_off
2
breathe
5.68
breathing
2
Cancer
5.68
cancer
3
Dad
5.68
dad
2
Dodge_Elementary
5.68
Dodge_Elementary
2
encounter
5.68
encounter
2
factor
5.68
factor
2
handle
5.68
handle
2
industrialize
5.68
industrialized
2
inside
5.68
inside
2
Memphis
5.68
Memphis
2
orphan
5.68
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SCORE ( 122.883 )

But by bringing our health_care system on-line, we could start improving the quality of care and cutting the cost of it. We could save thousands of lives and save families billions of dollars. Just imagine if every doctor and nurse could sit_by a patient's bedside with a laptop and pull_up their entire medical history - information from every past doctor they_ve seen - with the

**** *TEXT_0051
SCORE ( 115.239 )

From the smallest mom and pop stores to major corporations like GM, businesses who can_t afford these rising costs are cutting back on insurance, workers, or both. States with bigger Medicaid bills and smaller budgets are being forced to choose whether they want their citizens to be unhealthy or uneducated. And over half of all family bankruptcies today are caused by medical bills.

**** *TEXT_0051
SCORE ( 104.878 )

it_s a cost crisis that traps us all in a vicious cycle. Because the uninsured can_t afford health_care, they put off seeing a doctor or end_up in the ER when they get sick. Then their care is more expensive, and so premiums for all Americans go up. Because everyone's premiums go up, more Americans lose their health_care.

**** *TEXT_0011
SCORE ( 100.224 )

Today, even a college degree doesn_t guarantee a middle-class job that will support a family. What's worse, the cost of getting that degree and the price of health_care on that job are rising higher and faster than ever before. Family farmers are being squeezed by big agribusiness, and factory jobs are heading across the ocean where labor is cheap.

**** *TEXT_0055
SCORE ( 96.774 )

The party that won_t just throw a_few tax_breaks at families who can_t afford their insurance, but modernizes our health_care system and gives every family a chance to buy insurance at a price they can afford. let_it_be said that we are the party of an energy independent America. The party that's not bought and paid for by the oil_companies.

**** *TEXT_0074
SCORE ( 93.517 )

For the money Americans spent on health_care last year, we could have hired a group of skilled physicians, paid each one of them $ 200, 000 to care for just seven families, and guaranteed every single American quality, affordable health care.

**** *TEXT_0074
SCORE ( 87.421 )

They tell us it_s too expensive to cover the uninsured, but they don_t mention that every time an American without health insurance walks into an emergency room, we pay even more. Our family's premiums are $ 922 higher because_of the cost of care for the uninsured.

**** *TEXT_0017
SCORE ( 85.680 )

All the while, costs just keep climbing and climbing. Family premiums are up by nearly 65% over the last five years. Deductibles are up 50%. Co-payments for care and prescriptions are through the roof. From the smallest mom and pop stores to major corporations like GM, businesses who can_t afford these rising costs cut back on insurance, workers, or both.

**** *TEXT_0017
SCORE ( 77.547 )

This isn_t just a moral shame, it_s an economic disaster that's catching Americans in a vicious cycle. Because the uninsured can_t afford health_care, they put off seeing a doctor or end_up in the ER when they get sick. Then their care is more expensive, and so premiums for all Americans go up - to the tune of $ 922 a family.

**** *TEXT_0017
SCORE ( 72.188 )

Yet, because we haven_t updated technology in the rest of the health_care industry, a single transaction still costs up_to twenty-five dollars - not one dime of which goes toward improving the quality of our health_care. Doctors are forced to fumble through paperwork and don_t have all of the information about each patient at the click of a mouse.

**** *TEXT_0002
SCORE ( 65.143 )

But we can do better than one bankruptcy every nineteen seconds. We can do better than forcing people to choose between the cost of health_care and the cost of college. We can do better than big corporations using bankruptcy laws to deny health_care and benefits to their employees.

**** *TEXT_0002
SCORE ( 62.570 )

And it would also require companies that emerge from bankruptcy to immediately pay each retiree who lost health benefits an amount of cash equal to what a retiree would_be expected to have to pay for COBRA coverage for 18 months. The second amendment would prevent bankruptcy courts from dismissing companies'coal act obligations to pay their workers the benefits they promised them.

**** *TEXT_0023
SCORE ( 60.394 )

In this new economy, we should_be able_to tell workers that no_matter_where you work or how many times you switch jobs, you will_have health_care and a pension you can take with you always. we_ll never rise together if we allow medical bills to swallow family budgets or let people retire penniless after a lifetime of hard_work,

**** *TEXT_0012
SCORE ( 58.363 )

When he finally starts his job, he_ll want health insurance, but rising costs mean that fewer employers can afford to provide that benefit, and when they do, fewer employees can afford the record premiums.

**** *TEXT_0074
SCORE ( 53.232 )

Almost half of all small businesses no_longer offer health_care to their workers, and so many others have responded to rising costs by laying off workers or shutting their doors for_good. Some of the biggest corporations in America, giants of industry like GM and Ford, are watching foreign competitors based in countries with universal health_care run circles around them,

**** *TEXT_0017
SCORE ( 47.346 )

Why couldn_t we help connect our hospitals so they could share technology and information about what works and what doesn_t? This way we could start creating a virtual system of health_care in America where knowledge about each individual's health needs and health history is readily available to every single person who provides them care.

**** *TEXT_0074
SCORE ( 42.553 )

Well we can_t afford another disappointing charade in 2008. it_s not only tiresome, it_s wrong. Wrong when businesses have to layoff one employee because they can_t afford the health_care of another. Wrong when a parent cannot take a sick child to the doctor because they cannot afford the bill that comes with it.

**** *TEXT_0055
SCORE ( 35.141 )

let_it_be said that we are the party of affordable, accessible health_care for all Americans. The party that won_t make Americans choose between a health_care plan that bankrupts the government and one that bankrupts families.

**** *TEXT_0007
SCORE ( 33.426 )

Add to that the rising cost of health_care, child care, and a falling family income, and you can begin to get a picture of what these kids are facing.

**** *TEXT_0039
SCORE ( 32.577 )

We all know what happened to the families on the Gulf_Coast due_to Hurricane_Katrina, and it will_be a long_time before these families can rebuild their lives. Many of the families in the affected states were evacuated to other areas, and many of them cannot even afford to go back. And the federal response so far has_been inadequate to get these families effectively back on their feet.