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In "The Cost Conundrum," his latest article for The New Yorker, staff writer Dr. Atul Gawande reports from McAllen, Texas, a border-town with the dubious distinction of spending more per person on health care than almost any other market in America.
But higher spending doesn't necessarily correlate with better care, as Gawande discovers when he compares health outcomes in McAllen with those of El Paso, Texas — a city with similar population demographics, but where Medicare spending per enrollee is half that of McAllen.
Gawande writes that his findings, based on Medicare's 25 metrics of care, indicate that: "On all but two of these [standards of care], McAllen's five largest hospitals performed worse, on average, than El Paso's. McAllen costs Medicare seven thousand dollars more per person each year than does the average city in America. But not, so far as one can tell, because it's delivering better health care."
As the national debate about health care heats up, Gawande's article has become a must-read for President Obama's staff.
Gawande is an associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and at the Harvard School of Public Health. In 2006 he received the MacArthur Award for his research and writing.
Here's that article:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_gawandeIn "The Cost Conundrum," his latest article for The New Yorker, staff writer... more
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His album Preliminaires, in fact, takes inspiration from sources that may surprise some: Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong and French novelist Michel Houellebecq. It features standards like "Autumn Leaves" and "How Insensitive."
The result? Iggy Pop, like you've never heard him, on today's Fresh Air.
He talks about it this great interview.His album Preliminaires, in fact, takes inspiration from sources that may surprise... more
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Best known for creating the TV series Nip/Tuck, writer, director and producer Ryan Murphy turns his attention to high school in Glee, his upcoming comedy series for Fox. The series features a high school choir director and his ragtag group of singers.
In addition to his television work, Murphy has penned screenplays for Running With Scissors as well as Eat, Pray, Love, based on Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling memoir.
This is a great interview, check it out people.Best known for creating the TV series Nip/Tuck, writer, director and producer Ryan... more
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During a radio interview he repeatedly avoided the question of whether he would invite Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to the White House if he wins the election.
When Mr McCain eventually gave an answer, it suggested he thought Mr Zapatero was a leader of a Latin American state, rather than a major European country.
"All I can tell you is that I have a clear record of working with leaders in the hemisphere that are friends with us and standing up to those who are not," he said.
"And that's judged on the basis of the importance of our relationship with Latin America and the entire region."
I wonder if he knows who gorden brown is.
Is sarah palin the only worry of the US?
flikr photo by bradpants During a radio interview he repeatedly avoided the question of whether he would invite... more
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