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...feasibility of extending the Nebraska deal to all states, there could be far-reaching policy implications of such a move. In contrast to Medicare, the other massive public insurance program, which is funded and run by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), administration of Medicaid has historically fallen to states. This has given governors and legislatures the flexibility to structure their Medicaid programs based on their populations and budgets. States now determine who qualifies for Medicaid, what's covered by the program and how much doctors and hospitals get paid for taking care of Medicaid patients. (See TIME...
...specialized IMAX theaters - which charge more per ticket, as do the 3-D showings in regular theaters, and help boost Avatar's overall numbers. Out for just 24 days, the movie has earned an astounding $429 million on domestic screens, which means it dethroned Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as the top-grossing release of 2009. Fans of movies with a vision, as opposed to machine-made blockbusters, can only say, Thank you, Avatar. (See the best movies of the decade...
...standard, that is, but Avatar's. Records have fallen, and will continue to topple. Currently seventh on the all-time list of domestic moneymakers, Avatar should pass Star Wars: Phantom Menace ($431.1 million), E.T. ($435.1 million) and Shrek 2 ($441.1 million) in a few days, and by next weekend it will overtake the original Star Wars ($461 million) for third place. That leaves only The Dark Knight ($533.3 million) and the all-time champ, Cameron's own Titanic ($600.7 million). In worldwide gross, Avatar is just as impressive: it made another $300 million or so this past week...
...compressed gas in turn pulled on the proto-planets. The original models suggested that the net effect would have been to drag the proto-planets inward - and while the drag would have stopped as the gas eventually dissipated, it would have been too late. They would long since have fallen into...
...families. A recent study by this nonpartisan group found that the state, now suffering 12.3% unemployment, has lost all of the nonfarm jobs gained during the recent economic expansion. Nonfarm employment rose from 14.3 million in 2003 to a peak of 15.2 million in 2007. By July, it had fallen to 14.2 million...