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...think there are pressure groups in the United States that are stronger than the government's obligations. After we signed the peace agreement in Abuja, I received a telephone call from President Bush personally, and he spoke with great admiration and appreciation to what had been achieved in Abuja, and that the United Sates was now ready to interact with all openness with Sudan. But of course, he couldn't continue along this line...
...party that insists the most on having these elections because this is a commitment to the Sudanese people. As I mentioned earlier, our honesty and clarity with our people is what has made us withstand for 20 years. We are ready to accept any result, and we call on anyone who wishes to observe these elections to come to Sudan and we will make it possible for them to move or be at any place they wish, and to get any information they want. Because these elections - we insist, God willing - will be free and fair, and we will have...
...area Democrats began to get their act together as well. Ray Tracy, the chair of the Yellowstone County Democrats, sent out the following call to action: "It's time we fight back! The Tea Party Patriots (so-called) are waging war against our President in our backyard. This Friday when President Obama comes to Bozeman, this group and a few others are planning protests. I say that we can't let this happen!" Tracy said Yellowstone Democrats who wanted to go to Bozeman would be bused in. "With your help, we can welcome Barack back to Montana and drown...
...part of which was my co-payment. But had I not been insured, I would have been stuck with the entire $12,000 bill. Reform advocates say charging even $7,100 for something as ordinary as a kidney stone just doesn't make sense and points up what they call the rampant U.S. practice of "defensive medicine": ordering excessive treatment out of fear of being sued for malpractice, which in turn points up how important malpractice reform is, as President Obama acknowledged this summer. "It underscores the problem of healthcare over-utiization," says Linda Quick, president of the South Florida...
When I later asked the hospital why two had been ordered, I was told, "That's the doctor's decision." But his call amounted to what was probably a redundant 30% of a $12,000 bill. "Physicians and radiologists and the like, they all make up their own protocols for the scans," says Dr. Alan Whiteman, associate dean of health services at Barry University in Miami. "A lot of that needs to change...