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...major employers in the U.S. are self-insured, which means they pick up the tab for much of their employees' medical care. That's why three major corporations that collectively cover 240,000 lives asked Dr. Arnold Milstein, national healthcare "thought leader" at the consultancy Mercer Health & Benefits, to assess the best places to outsource elective surgeries. Procedures in Thailand and Malaysia, he found, cost only 20% to 25% as much as comparable ones in the U.S.; top-notch Indian hospitals sell such services at an even steeper discount...
...which makes the DairyPak brand of packaging, was carved out of the forest-products firm Champion International when its employees bought a few factories that were scheduled to close. But health-care costs are hurting the company. So a Blue Ridge team plans to visit hospitals in India to assess their quality of care. If it gives the green light, Blue Ridge will begin promoting the option to its 2,000 workers...
...Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education has proposed to create a database to keep track of educational data on every college student in the U.S. The commission believes that, in so doing, it will be better able to assess the proficiency of both colleges and students. Furthermore, the commission hopes that by tracking individuals it will be able to learn more about demographic trends among college students. But this proposal of a database is not well-founded. While we endorse another of the commission’s ideas—a ranking system...
...While the turnout appeared to meet its planners' expectations, it's harder to assess the day's economic impact. Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic-owned company in the U.S., suspended all deliveries on Monday. The United Farm Workers of America reported that nearly all fresh fruit and vegetable workers in California - from the vineyards in Sonoma to the strawberry fields in Salinas - took the day off. Meanwhile, several large employers of Latinos, including chicken processors Perdue Farms and Tyson Farms, shut several of their plants to accommodate workers who stayed home to support the economic boycott...
Manning also said that "top command in police departments are trying to assess relationships between resources used and outcomes. They are asking what works and being increasingly smart in allocating resources...