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...really see this as a sea change in the way we think about health care and health-care quality," says Ashish Jha, assistant professor of health policy at the Harvard School of Public Health and lead author on the NEJM paper that analyzed the survey data. "For a $2.1 trillion health-care system, it's shocking we don't pay more attention to what patients think...
...will, no purpose, no power," that it does "less than required" and does it "slowly." I find this point of view pretty mistaken since on the day I received that issue of TIME, European leaders decided to put in place a rescue plan that includes lending $2.25 trillion to the European banks. The $700 billion Paulson plan seems a bit weak compared to that. And after the announcement of the rescue plan, European share prices soared. Who is emerging from the wreckage first now? Stanislas Bertrand, LYONS, FRANCE...
...spend $2.1 trillion on healthcare. That’s obviously an unbelievable amount of money,” Jha said. “But [healthcare providers] don’t value patients’ opinions as much as they should, and this data changes the ball game...
...building's 1.3 million square feet went empty, the city would still be comfortably ahead of the national rate of 13.6%. Figures from the local chamber of commerce hold that even without Wachovia's contribution, Charlotte will remain the nation's second largest banking center behind New York; $3.3 trillion in assets alone come from the combined Bank of America and its recent acquisition of Merrill Lynch...
...government and regulators to stabilize the financial system. On Monday, Prime Minister Taro Aso called for a drafting of emergency measures, such as purchasing stocks held by banks, limiting the short selling of stocks and increasing the amount of taxpayer money to be injected into banks from 2 trillion yen to 10 trillion yen - all reminiscent of Japan's 1990s meltdown. The government action appears to be focused on preempting losses caused by share prices. Declared Aso, "Stock prices greatly influence the real economy...