Word: doctor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...doctor named George Zambelli Jr. makes his early-morning rounds near Pittsburgh, completes as many laser-correction surgeries as he can, then gets in a Mercedes and speeds north 45 minutes. When he gets to New Castle he kisses his father on the cheek, then helps him mix chemicals and explosives...
...gives him a look. He's terrifically proud of his son the big-shot doctor--and of his four daughters, one of whom is a dentist and three of whom work for him, along with 60 other year-round employees. But there is always something in his eye that says this medicine thing is no life for a guy. Not a guy who could be in fireworks. This is art. This is science. This is family. "You know," he says in monotone seriousness, and Junior is rolling his eyes before the old man completes the sentence, "it actually takes longer...
...back to Hyzaar, he switched to another plan that covered it. A few months later, however, the new HMO also dropped its Hyzaar coverage. At $79 for a month's supply, Feldman couldn't afford to pay for the prescription on his own. Finally a local doctor took pity on him and provided the tablets free. The HMO's policy remains unchanged...
...Center in Lebanon, N.H., have demonstrated. They started by surveying all their colleagues in the surrounding area and following up with their patients. Then they developed procedural standards that cut mortality from cardiac operations 24% from 1991 to 1996. Moreover, they cut costs 20% and boosted both patient and doctor satisfaction. A home run by anyone's measure...
...politicians, but to our employees and their families, it's a very big deal." The camera scans Bonifas and his office of contented, healthy workers, toiling away as a message on the screen warns that Washington could leave 2 million people like them without health insurance. "When politicians play doctor," a voice concludes, "real people can get hurt...