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...Bobby. That's a big problem. First of all, your mommy hasn't been replaced by evil alien invaders, comforting as that scenario may seem. You're clearly not happy with the way mommy's been acting lately, and it's easier for you to think of her as an evil alien invader. This is a coping mechanism which will enable you to get through what Bruno Bettelheim calls "that thorniest of thickets, puberty...
...Such a scenario seems more realistic than the Truman model that so tantalizes the White House. The Clintonites recall how underestimated Truman was before his 1948 victory-and indeed one report shortly before that vote succinctly captured the conventional wisdom. Truman, it said, was "a woefully weak little man, a nice enough fellow, but wholly inept." Could Clinton ever become "Give 'Em Hell" Bill? Well, says Truman's biographer, David McCullough, "when Harry took a sip of bourbon, you knew he swallowed...
Hospitals that refuse to follow the revised guidelines can be put under review by the ACGME. In a worst case scenario, the council may strip the hospitals of their accreditation, says Gienapp...
...Even in the best scenario, we are not going to support our current services," O'Brien added...
...HMOs could reduce the government's costs as much as 10%. Perhaps, suggest some, even greater savings might be possible if HMOs were competing for large numbers of Medicare patients. And as consumers make smart purchases, the marketplace would naturally produce greater efficiency at less cost. That kind of scenario gives people like Wilensky hope. ``This is the best kind of public- sector health-care reform I can think of,'' she says. Daring not speak the words managed competition, Republicans like to say this plan will ``turn the market loose...