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...we’re really trying to get is to produce the right product out of that expansion,” Thieme said. “The financing system has to change, and instead of favoring specialists, we should find a way to finance primary care. This is one bump in the road, allowing the Department of Public Health to put more scrutiny on the projects.” But John Erwin, director of the Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals, said he was confident that teaching hospitals bring mutually beneficial expertise and resources to community health care centers, and that...
...just 4% during that same time period, according to Innovest. The savings rate has similarly declined relative to credit-card balances. Meanwhile, home equity, the biggest source of wealth for most families, has been drained by the mortgage crisis. "There isn't a cushion for anyone who has a bump in the road," says Levitin. "Credit cards are often the first place where we start to see all the other problems show up, from medical bills to divorce to a death in the family." And then, of course, there's unemployment. Thus, it's not surprising that credit defaults...
...don’t answer those humiliating questions,” is not inviting. Making fun of Obama is a serious challenge. He doesn’t mispronounce his words; he shows no excessive interest in interns; he once gave his wife a fist-bump, but it wasn’t a big deal. He spends most of his time being dignified and looking competent, neither of which are immediately hilarious attributes...
...Stevens probably benefited, too, from a lazy Begich campaign. Even when Stevens got an improbable bump in the polls after he was indicted and Alaskans actually rallied around him, Begich didn't see fit to use advertising or his speeches to condemn his opponent. Alaskans are fiercely proud of their state and a little insecure about how they are perceived by the Lower 48; Begich could have driven home the point all summer that re-electing Stevens would give Alaska a black eye. He instead soft-pedaled the corruption issue until recently and waited around for a jury to deliver...
Oftentimes these appearances come across as a little cynical: Candidates seem too clearly to be vying for the “Colbert bump,” which Mr. Colbert claims launched Governor Mike Huckabee to his meteoric fame. At the same time, nevertheless, the shows’ political guests often end up genuinely having fun (or being the object of it), and showing a lighter side to politics that will helpfully get Americans more civically active...