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...reported that in the states with caps on pain-and-suffering awards, malpractice premiums rose faster than in those without. Why aren't doctors and lawyers combining their considerable political clout to work for regulation of premium costs instead of undermining one another? Insurance companies are running the country's health-care system into the ground, forcing doctors and patients to bear the increasing burden of the insurance firms' poor money-management practices. The insurers are the ones that need regulation. DANA O'LEARY Springfield...
...Instead, civilian administrator Paul Bremer announced plans to appoint a 25-to-30-person political council that will answer to him; U.S. officials told TIME they hope to name councilors by early next month. Bremer modified the plan in response to Iraqi demands that the council be given more clout and independence, but the U.S.'s prewar allies aren't satisfied. After meeting last week in Arbil, in northern Iraq, members of the leadership council called Bremer's modified plan "insufficient." Some factions, including the Pentagon-backed Iraqi National Congress (I.N.C.), told TIME they may refuse to cooperate with...
...Berlin, as "a shortsighted exchange of cash for dignity." In Venice, Krens has another role, one about which he is ambivalent: caretaker of the Biennale's U.S. pavilion. The Guggenheim Foundation owns the building - all prissy porticoes, pedimented façade and pretty windows - but, for all of Krens' clout, he has no say in what is displayed inside. That is the prerogative of the Federal Advisory Committee on International Exhibitions, which reports to the State Department. "It's not so much that we're being taken advantage of," says Krens, "but every once in a while we'd like...
...administrator Paul Bremer announced plans to appoint a 25- to 30-person political council that will answer to him; U.S. officials told Time they hope to name councilors by the end of the month. Bremer modified the plan in response to Iraqi demands that the council be given more clout and independence, but the U.S.'s prewar allies aren't satisfied. After meeting in Arbil, in northern Iraq, last week, members of the leadership council called Bremer's modified plan "insufficient." Some factions, including the Pentagon-backed Iraqi National Congress (I.N.C.), told TIME they may refuse to cooperate with...
Rather than putting the full weight of his Washington clout behind these issues from the start, Summers’ role throughout the year has been to set the tone for a cautious response...