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...been fairly recently that its bottles have popped up everywhere, with everyone. Much of its popularity can be traced to research publicized in 2007 about BPA's questionable safety. Since then, Chicago, Connecticut and Michigan have restricted the chemical, and more than 20 states are considering similar bans. The Environmental Protection Agency has placed BPA on a priority review list...
...nothing if not anti-feminist, because its very mission is based on restricting others’ decisions. Wagley assured RUS members that the club does not advocate legal restrictions on sexual behavior. In a recent blog entry, co-president Leo J. Keliher ’10 stated a similar point. But if TLR truly has no interest in political advocacy, then why would Wagley state in a question-and-answer session with the Institute of Politics that TLR was one of several “social policy initiatives” with which she was involved? Why would the club post...
...health insurance, about 20% of which involves some kind of global coverage - handling all of a patient's health-care needs for the duration of the policy. In July, the state announced plans to go further, eliminating fee-for-service entirely within five years and mandating global care statewide. Similar plans are ramping up in Minnesota and Wisconsin. "We're going to do this incrementally," says JudyAnn Bigby, Massachusetts' secretary of health and human services. "We want to increase pay-for-performance first and episode payments next." Is five years enough to make the transition entirely? Bigby concedes she doesn...
Geisinger's financials are undeniably rock-solid: the system pulls in about $1.5 billion per year from its premiums and from other insurers, and it has a AA credit rating. But part of that is due to the similar solidity of its patient base - a homogeneous population with a predictable range of ills. The financial team prefers things this way and has resisted any calls for expansion. "We've purposely stuck to our knitting in central Pennsylvania," says Dr. Duane Davis, chief medical officer of Geisinger Health Plans. But larger plans trying to serve more-diverse communities don't have...
...this case, though, sodium azide almost did the opposite. When consumed, inhaled, or touched, it's said to have symptoms similar to cyanide: rapid breathing, dizziness, and an increased heart rate...