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Perhaps an even more pressing problem in the context of health reform is the risk of overutilization of services. According to a 2006 report from the federal Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, just the presence of a doctor-owned heart hospital in a community increases the rate of cardiac surgery by 6% among Medicare beneficiaries. The upshot, according to a House staffer involved in health reform, is that "people are getting things they probably don't need." Plus, says the staffer, "the community hospitals go to war, bulk up their own specialty centers and all of a sudden you see these...
...Sotomayor's record on civil rights cases: "Judge Sotomayor joined unanimous decisions in civil rights cases in 89.1% of cases, compared to the circuit rate of 90.6% unanimity. She dissented in only two cases out of her 46 civil rights cases (4.3%) in the Constitutional Dataset, as compared to a 2.7% dissent rate for such cases in the circuit overall ... [She] voted to hold the challenged governmental action unconstitutional in 23.9% of cases, slightly more often than the Second Circuit overturn rate of 20.6% in such cases. However, she voted to overrule a lower court or agency determination in civil...
...Sotomayor on First Amendment cases: "Judge Sotomayor was part of a unanimous panel in 94.1% of the First Amendment cases in which she participated, more frequently than the Circuit's rate of 90.9%. She dissented in only 3 of her 68 First Amendment cases, or in less than 5% of these decisions. Additionally, in cases involving a First Amendment claim, Judge Sotomayor voted to overturn the challenged action in 25% of the time, slightly more than the Second Circuit rate of 24%. However, Judge Sotomayor voted to overturn the lower court or agency's decision less frequently than the circuit...
...reports" to keep pace with the issue, counting people who have fallen through society's cracks is no easy task. The Obama Administration's $787 billion economic-stimulus package allots $1.2 billion for combating homelessness, but without a full understanding of the problem's scope - and with the unemployment rate creeping toward double digits - the struggle to contain it will continue...
...predict that the DPJ will win a majority in the general election based on results in Tokyo because the city's concentration of wealth and population density are different from those in the rest of Japan. But dissatisfaction with leadership is running high. Japan is reeling from a jobless rate that has reached a five-year high of 5.2%, and industrial output is down one-third from a year ago. A recent poll conducted by the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper showed that 41% of Japanese would vote for the DPJ in a general election, while just 24% would cast ballots...