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...Another concern is, how much incentive pay is enough. There is no universal standard to determine which measures qualify for bonus pay - or how much - so some doctors end up filling out a lot of paperwork to comply with different insurance plans. The administrative costs often outweigh any financial benefit they see for pursuing improvements. "If health plans want physicians to participate, they'd be much better off collaborating beforehand to set norms," says Hindy Shaman, director of health industries for the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. "Doctors won't waste their time if they have to fill out 20 different forms...
...leadership opportunities for student journalists and restrict the editorial autonomy of college newspapers. In January, a falling-out between the student government and newspaper at Montclair State University required the editors to suspend publication as the student-body representatives pulled the paper’s funding. A major concern was that funding was yanked primarily due to the paper’s criticisms of the student government. College administrations need to be sure that there is steady financial support for student newspapers on college campuses and that they have the freedom to report on any news they see fit?...
...lack of increase in wages from 2007 to 2008 may also be cause for concern for graduates, said Harvard economist Lawrence F. Katz, who has studied student career choices. Wages typically grow between 4 to 5 percent each year, Katz said...
...Others have expressed concern over the way the Federal Council - Switzerland's executive government - has unilaterally handled this matter, bypassing the courts and parliament. "If the government wanted to act on behalf of the U.S, it needed to maintain as much secrecy as possible in case those documents really were a threat to the security of the state," says Thomas Fleiner, director of the Federalism Institute at Fribourg University. "But such an evaluation should have been done by the court and not by the executive branch...
...fact that both husband and wife are Muslim further fueled the controversy. Though religion was never cited in the litigation or ruling, the case played into broad concern in France over the spreading influence of Islam. "These strong reactions across all France demonstrate the difficulties we're experiencing in our relationships between our societies and Islam," said French Urban Affairs Minister Christine Boutin Monday on RTL radio. She added that had the case not involved Muslims, it wouldn't have generated the same emotions in a country where over 700 marriages are annulled by courts every year...