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Asia markets plunge as
Wall Street nears lows
Markets across Asia are falling as Wall Street teeters on the edge of 12-year lows. All the pressure points are in play this week, with reports or congressional hearings due on housing, consumer spending, government spending, bank rescue efforts, and, perhaps most important, the labor market.Wall Street nears lows
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It’s amazing how a little courage can go a long way.
Medicare-wise, things are lining up in the Congress with that same-old-same-old to-the-brink-of-the-cliff, except for one change. This is an election year. The déjà vu budget voodoo may not be another pile of, well, doo doo.Bipartisan support has matured. Eighty senators have signed a letter in support of fixing the SGR, and a similar letter came from the House.
As the political campaign season heats up, so too will discussions about how best to change the American healthcare system. At the Center for Health Transformation, we believe that a 21st century intelligent health system includes dramatic changes in our civil justice system.
Imagine the future of personalized medicine. Your health records are up-to-date electronic files documenting your medical history and your individual profile of genomic, proteomic and metabolic data.
Dr. Brent James says that we are going to change ourselves as a gift to the American people, and in doing so become the model for the world.