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...want to be loved, yes, but only if we’re worthy. We know that going to Harvard carries with it the burden of having to deal with added expectations, scrutiny, and additional (often unnecessary) media attention. Just ask our embattled sophomore chick-lit author about that...
Well, not exactly. But like a growing number of unmarried men, McCarthy, 54, did want someone to look after him without having to take on the financial burden of hiring a housekeeper or the emotional commitment of living with a lover. He found the solution in what you might call an adult au pair. With more Americans single than ever and rents sky high in cities like Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco, many women are open to the idea of keeping house for a casual acquaintance or even a stranger in exchange for a rent-free...
...current system of fragmented payment - for hospital stays, office visits, lab tests, drugs, and therapists - destroys the patterns of care that patients need, and leaves them confused and, too often, simply abandoned. Funding care for people over time, instead of for specific medical events, reduces the burden of illness by focusing on high quality preventive care. We need "managed care" as it was originally intended to be - the good kind, not the evil, mutant twin that just tried to cut costs, restrict choice, and limit available care. Correctly conceived, "managed care" addresses the real needs of patients over time...
...introduction of computerized patient information and medication orders is meant to reduce "adverse drug events" and ensure that the patient's history and treatment notes are available to everyone who needs them. But progress does not always equal safety. "Technology should remove the burden, but you can get problems. You can hide behind technology and spend more time talking to your computer than to your patients," says Dr. Albert Wu, a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins. "And as with any new thing, people screw things up worse before they make things better." Doctors say there is a temptation...
...thoroughly terrifying, for which I thank you. For too long has this issue been casually dismissed as a problem to be dealt with in the future. As a young person, I'm well aware that it is my generation to which many corporations and politicians wish to relegate this burden, and my generation will suffer the consequences of today's recklessness. Hannah Jewell San Rafael, California...