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The Upshot
Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on Health Care
Studies point to a simple reason, the prices, not to the amount of care. And lowering prices would upset a lot of people in the health industry."Though the JAMA study could not separate care intensity and price, other research blames prices more. For example, one study found that the spending growth for treating patients between 2003 and 2007 is almost entirely because of a growth in prices, with little contribution from growth in the quantity of treatment services provided. Another study found that U.S. hospital prices are 60 percent higher than those in Europe. Other studies also point to prices as a major factor in American health care spending growth."
Other studies:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24219951
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World
Afraid of Falling? For Older Adults, the Dutch Have a Cure
The Dutch, like people elsewhere, are living longer than in previous generations. Courses that teach fall prevention, and how to fall correctly, are gaining popularity.I am not yet afraid of falling.
I take many fewer chances.
My sister is having arthritis problems with her knees.
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Business Day
Hoda Kotb Named to Replace Matt Lauer as Co-Anchor of NBC’s ‘Today’
Ms. Kotb, a longtime NBC News correspondent, has filled in since Mr. Lauer was fired in November over allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior.I never watch "Today"
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Magazine
Can an Algorithm Tell When Kids Are in Danger?
Child protective agencies are haunted when they fail to save kids. Pittsburgh officials believe a new data analysis program is helping them make better judgment calls.The Allegheny County algorithm looks to be a useful tool.
It triggers investigations rather than makes decisions on child removals.
I would not object to its use.
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Food
Scandals Keep Breaking, but Restaurateurs Have Yet to Own Up
The silence from chefs and owners has been deafening, but they need to admit and address the sexual predation that seems endemic to the business.Tradition dies hard.
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Science
To Sate China’s Demand, African Donkeys Are Stolen and Skinned
A gelatin made from donkey hides is prized as a traditional Chinese remedy. Now slaughterhouses have opened in Africa, and domestic animals are disappearing from villages.China must behave itself.
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Opinion
‘A New Progressive Era’ in New York City
As he starts his second term, Mayor Bill de Blasio sets aside Clinton centrism in favor of Sanders-style progressivism.Hillary was the best available candidate.
I do not expect her to run again.
Politics is played with alliances.
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World
South Korea Proposes Border Talks With North Korea After Kim’s Overture
South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, moved quickly to embrace Kim Jong-un’s proposal to start inter-Korean dialogue and send a team to the Olympics.Keep them talking
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World
Hard-Liners and Reformers Tapped Iranians’ Ire. Now, Both Are Protest Targets.
The demonstrations that have spread to dozens of Iranian cities were set off by miscalculations in a long-simmering internal power struggle.Let the diplomats work.
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World
Taiwan Dentist Is Ordered to Pay Mother, Who Financed His Education, Nearly $1 Million
He has already her paid $1 million, but was told to pay a lot more, under a contract he signed when he was 20.I do not think you should sue your child.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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