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Managed-care companies in several states, eager to rein in prescription-drug costs, foot the entire MedVantx bill, which includes keeping track of which patients receive a 30-day supply of one of 21 generic drugs. Among the latest to sign on is Medica, Minnesota's largest HMO, which installed MedVantx machines in 10 clinics this month. According to Medica's medical director, Dr. Ted Loftness, a mere 1% increase in generic prescriptions could save the company more than $6 million a year. --By Julie Rawe and Sarah Sturmon Dale
...dropped in on his ally Silvio Berlusconi in Rome - and the demonstrations were no less virulent. But this week, Bush is meeting the stroppiest of America's allies head on. In Brussels - the heart of the European Union and refusenik central for Washington's aggressive plan to rein in terrorists and bring democracy to the Middle East - he meets all 25 leaders of the E.U. member states, and dines with the refusenik in chief, French President Jacques Chirac. He promenades along the Rhine with German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, then moves on to Bratislava to exchange views, and perhaps...
...faith-based project of European integration," says John Hulsman, a neoconservative analyst for the Heritage Foundation in Washington. But that's a stingy view of what the E.U.'s projection of soft power has achieved. The goal of E.U. membership has compelled Turkey to abolish the death penalty, rein in its military and grant cultural rights to the Kurds. That same prospect has moved Croatia to give up eight war-crimes suspects, although failure to deliver another key suspect, General Ante Gotovina, will likely lead to postponement of E.U. talks. Even Serbia recently turned over General Vladimir Lazarevic, suspected...
...change the world on its own. Similarly, the Europeans have learned that it sometimes takes good, old-fashioned U.S. might to get the attention of undemocratic regimes and so prepare the ground for reform. There is a lot the U.S. and the E.U. can do together to rein in the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran, to further cement Turkey's relationship with the West, to combat the threat of terrorism. So while he's traveling through Europe this week, President George W. Bush might want to take a second look at the E.U.'s success. Countries around...
...million acres of the American South. Gypsy moths, a pest that devours oak and aspen trees, were originally brought to the U.S. in 1869 to breed stronger silkworms. But as our understanding of biology and genetics grow more sophisticated, so do our attempts to use plants and animals to rein in threats in our environment. The trick will be keeping the latest fixes from coming back?sometimes literally?to bite...