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...over greater federal involvement in health care, Britain's socialized health-care system has come under scrutiny. The McKinsey report, and its fallout, highlights some of the pros and cons of such a system. On the one hand, McKinsey's analysts laid bare the scores of redundancies and inefficiencies within a bloated national health-care structure that employs some 1.5 million people in England. According to the Health Service Journal, which obtained a copy of the confidential report, McKinsey believes the NHS could afford to eliminate 137,000 clinical and administrative posts by 2014 - and save $32 billion...
...McKinsey's report, which was completed as part of nearly $15 million worth of work for the Department of Health this year, also called for a recruitment freeze within the next two years and for a drop in medical-school admissions, according to the Health Service Journal. It said savings of up to $5 billion a year could be made by improving staff productivity, while more than $3 billion could be saved on external contracts with waste-disposal companies, food suppliers and other contractors. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
That guideline was pulled from the electronic version of the student handbook last week, and the four students present at yesterday’s meeting plan to draft a revised version of the guideline within the next week...
...exciting new assignment, I have requested that communications resources in the Harvard Public Affairs and Communications office cover the responsibilities associated with the position of FAS Director of Communications, as well as oversee Bob's direct reports. In the coming months we will transition a number of communications functions within the FAS to this central office. The goal is to create a new structure that better serves our communication needs and does so in a more cost-effective manner...
...they were victims of a bait and switch.” Dershowitz, a vocal defender of Israel and a long-time supporter of a sovereign Palestinian state, responded that he would continue to support the president on policy stances he agreed with, and would otherwise prefer to work constructively within the Democratic Party. But Dershowitz has also spoken out vigorously against Democratic officials in the past, notably attacking former President Jimmy Carter’s portrayal of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Obama’s willingness to engage in dialogue with Iran and other Middle Eastern countries has been...