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...years. "For a standard operation to remove varicose veins, a French surgeon in a hospital gets the same payment of roughly j80 that he did in 1990," Cuq claims. The Health Ministry has offered a 10% fee increase, conceding that the responsibilities of surgeons "have been insufficiently taken into account over the last 15 years." But the surgeons say that's not enough. The dispute is part of a larger government effort to control health-care costs. It's a struggle that's playing itself out across Europe: as populations age and demand rises for ever more complex and expensive...
...Neill also took issue with the Express’ account of a phone conversation between Singh and his “long-time friend, Larry Summers.” According to O’Neill, Summers did not take the unusual step of phoning Singh directly; instead, she said, Summers followed the policy for inviting heads of state by writing a letter to the prime minister...
...Cinque is dead. It's the leitmotif and only real truth in Helen Garner's true-crime account, Joe Cinque's Consolation (Picador; 328 pages). He was the good-natured son of Italian migrants who moved from Newcastle to Canberra to live with his sexy law- student girlfriend. She is Anu Singh, the indulged daughter of Sydney doctors whose eating disorders and Prozac popping saw her charge reduced to manslaughter, and who walked away with four years in jail and a masters' degree in criminology. A decade ago, in The First Stone, Garner lifted the lid off a famous sexual...
...Barnes & Noble and PETsMART and then recoup a small percentage of the purchase price in the form of U.S. savings bonds. Register at BondRewards.com then click on one of the 150 listed e-tailers. Every time you buy something, a percentage of the total ticket gets kicked into an account; when you've got enough for a savings bond (they start at $50), it's yours. Other brands on board--most offer between 2% and 10% back--include Mikasa, Orbitz and Toshiba...
Some ventures encourage saving for your child's college education. BabyMint.com lists about 200 retailers that rebate money into either a Coverdell Educational Savings Account or a state 529 college savings plan. At Upromise.com you get cash back into a 529 by registering credit, debit and grocery-club cards and then spending both online and at brick-and-mortar stores. At EdExpress.com you can save for any education costs--not just college--but you are charged a $24.95 fee annually. No kids? NestEggz.com funnels rebated money into a mutual fund, individual retirement account or money market...