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...that a public plan could mean many things. But given the levels of Republican and even some moderate Democratic opposition - and the sizable wiggle room the Administration has left itself in order to compromise down the line - it seems very unlikely that it would end up being a liberal approach: a system heavily subsidized by the Federal Government that pays medical providers the same rates they are currently reimbursed by Medicare. Such a proposal would be a battle cry for doctors and hospitals, which are already reeling from low Medicare rates that have not kept pace with inflation...
...that operates much like private insurance companies. This kind of plan could be self-sustaining, funded by premiums, and available to consumers via a so-called insurance exchange, a clearinghouse through which Americans could choose from a selection of health-insurance options. (See pictures of the Cleveland Clinic's approach to health care...
Working the Back Channels At first, the "bigger carrots, bigger sticks" approach seemed to show promise. When, after eight years away, Ross returned to the State Department in early February, he quickly assembled a seven-person team and began working through a long list of moves. The first and still the most important came on March 20, when Obama gave a speech to Iranians on the holiday of Nowruz. The President made it clear that the U.S. would seek full normalization of relations with Iran, that it recognized Iran as an Islamic republic, that it would not pursue regime change...
...Siegel's work too. He says the one significant change in his advice over the past decade has been an increased emphasis on "value" stocks with prices that are low relative to earnings, book value and other fundamental measures. Both Arnott and Siegel are boosters of a new investment approach called fundamental indexing, in which one assembles a portfolio weighted by earnings, dividends or the like in order to avoid the tendency inherent in conventional capitalization-weighted index funds to load up on the most expensive stocks...
...loss of Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan, the U.S. has again turned to Karimov's Uzbekistan for logistical assistance. Central Asia watchers in the U.S. say that part of the difficulty Washington now faces in the region stems from its own short-sightedness in engaging governments there. "The U.S. approach was one-dimensional," says Mankoff of the Council on Foreign Relations. "A lot of attention has been paid to cooperating with military and security forces at the expense of a broader relationship." The Obama administration has no dedicated Central Asia envoy nor is it willing to pursue a strong agenda...