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...last week the HMO world produced a surprising decision that could delay or derail that bill in Congress. United HealthCare, the nation's second largest managed-care company, pulled the plug on precertification. The company, which is based in Minneapolis, Minn., and covers 14.5 million Americans, is betting the move will improve the quality of care and its bottom line, and maybe even help convince Congress that the HMOs can heal themselves. Nearly everyone applauded the decision, but practicing physicians were cheering loudest. Says cardiologist George Rodgers, in United's Austin, Texas, pilot program: "It's just made my work...
...Although all parts of the offense have suffered and it would be unfair to point the finger at anyone specifically, every good offense starts with strong pass protection and the offensive line will have to plug its holes if Harvard is going to have a chance against Yale...
...millions of dollars into a guerrilla force of the I.N.C., a loose coalition of Iraqi exile groups led by Ahmed Chalabi, a wealthy Iraqi Shi'ite and skillful political organizer. But with the White House nervous about being sucked into a contra-style insurgency war, the CIA pulled the plug on its support for Chalabi's guerrillas and turned to Iraqi officers in Saddam's inner circle who might topple him. That ended in an embarrassing debacle for the agency when Saddam uncovered the plots and crushed them. The CIA is trying to recruit new agents inside Iraq. But intelligence...
...James Halpin, says he never told ABC he was planning legal action against Joyner, ABC got weak in the knees. According to Joyner and Smiley, the network's president, Lyn Andrews, warned them that if they did not stop talking about CompUSA, then ABC might "pull the plug on the show." An ABC spokesperson said the network only wanted Joyner to hold...
...software side, Apple includes its new iMovie, a consumer-oriented program for editing digital video. You can plug your digital camera right into the iMac, add sound tracks, titles, music and special effects and edit away. Also, starting next week, the machine will ship with Apple's latest operating system, 9.0, which offers too many new features to list here. My favorite: a speech-pattern security system to keep interlopers off your machine...