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...House and Senate leaders over final legislative language, the idea of lessening the Medicaid burden for states is gaining traction. "Senator Nelson's deal has been a blessing to those states like New York that were feeling left out. It brought the issue back into public recognition," says James Tallon, a former New York state assemblyman and current president of the United Hospital Fund, a nonprofit philanthropic group that studies health care in New York. (See 10 players in health care reform...
...motive and get the worst of it. Under a system known as capitation, which pays HMO providers a set monthly fee for each enrolled patient, doctors are offered a financial incentive to limit both the number of patients they see and the types of services they provide. Says James Tallon, president of the United Hospital Fund, a philanthropic and health-services research organization in New York City: "In the old system, sick people were what drove the money in. In the new system, sick people are what drive profits out, and that's the challenge...
...according to Tallon at the Black Rose, this disc might be worth buying...
Because there so many talented bands here, Tallon says he will probably hold another battle of the bands next Fall and has already reserved Thursday nights for college bands...
...hardest part of these bands is staying together," says Tallon who, since coming to the Black Rose 16 months ago, says he has watched countless bands split up. "People go to Harvard to graduate and go on in life. Music is an aside," he says...