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...dollars to have her wrist fixed. The lady behind door number two would get it for free. There were no "doctor's bills" in these prices; the residents are salaried by the hospital, I work the clinic for free and operated on clinic patients gratis. The hospital did, however, accept Medicaid payments. Rosa was now employed - no longer Medicaid eligible - and she had paid $45 for the clinic visit that day. And because she wasn't in any health plan that could strong arm down the hospital bill - they got about $800 for the half-hour use of the 'local...
...Still, the Democrats made an effort at agreement. Behind the scenes, a compromise was proposed in an effort to satisfy three camps: Kerry and Feingold, who wanted a deadline of Dec. 31, 2006, for combat troops out of Iraq; Dodd and others who were willing to accept Dec. 31, 2007; and a third group, including Clinton, who wanted no fixed dates for final withdrawal. The leaders suggested a general deadline of midyear 2007 for the combat troops to come out. Those resisting any deadline said they could live with such a general target, but the Kerry camp said being vague...
...Even for New Orleans, where residents have pretty much come to accept violent crime as an inevitable part of life, Saturday's news was a shocker: five males, all in their teens, shot to death on a Central City street just before dawn. After two days of investigating, police still had no suspects in the killings and remained tight-lipped about possible motives. A ballistics test will take a week or more to determine whether more than one shooter was involved, according to police. The New Orleans Times-Picayune, after reviewing court records, said one victim, 19, was awaiting...
...statement to the United Nations: "It's a family affair, and we will take care of it within the African family." What is the family about? I'm afraid I have very little patience for this pious, traditional way of doing things. In traditional societies you do not accept this level of aggression. Islamic fundamentalism is spreading in Africa. Is that a problem that we can do anything about? It's a universal problem. The answer is partly education and partly the enforcement of laws of secular societies that do not privilege any one religion against another. We lost...
Even for New Orleans, where residents have pretty much come to accept violent crime as an inevitable part of life, Saturday's news was a shocker: Five males, all in their teens, shot to death on a Central City street just before dawn, the apparent targets of a retaliatory strike by rivals...