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...studies, which took months to compile, were based on the performance of the 982 retail clinics that existed in the U.S. as of August 2008 - a tenfold increase since 2006. While that proliferation is impressive, as with much else in the health-care system it doesn't necessarily mean equal access to care. Clinics exist in only 33 states, and in those that have them, an overwhelming 88.4% are in urban areas. Just 10.6% of the U.S. population lives within a five-minute drive of a clinic, and 28.7% lives 10 minutes away. The South is better served than...
...have apparently become the resident evil bitch-dean from hell. Everyone’s afraid of me. I’m not that mean, am I? 8:30 PM Jul 22nd from...
...economic crisis dealt a blow to Japan's export-led economy, and there was little to fall back on. Domestic consumption and investment need to be closer to the center of economic growth, and that requires major change, including regulatory reform. Leaning less on export-oriented growth doesn't mean cutting back on exports if the government uses deregulation to stimulate domestic consumption, says Naohiro Yashiro, an economics professor at Tokyo's International Christian University. The DPJ plans to do that by increasing household income through monthly child allowances and the elimination of highway tolls, which should have the same...
...Bipartisanship did not mean capitulating to median views or special interests, but using the power of persuasion to bring along legislators from both parties behind his core principles—in this case, expanding health coverage for those in need. This pragmatism and legislative craftsmanship, coupled with his liberal convictions, made Kennedy unique in the Senate. His decades of public service were always purpose-driven, as he advocated on behalf of those most in need of health care, education, housing, and the basic elements of human dignity. To highlight this liberalism is not to politicize his legacy...
...distress signal? Why did Israeli President Shimon Peres pay a surprise visit to Russia a day after the ship was rescued? Why did Russia wait so long to send its navy to find the ship? And what did the brother of one of the alleged hijackers, Dmitri Bartenev, mean when he told Estonian TV on Aug. 24 that his brother and the other suspected pirates had been "set up ... They went to find work and ended up in a political conflict. Now they are hostage to some kind of political game"? Bartenev's lawyer tells TIME that his client...