Medicaid fraud and empty beds are two reasons health care is so expensive in New York. The new state committee charged with making hospitals and nursing homes more efficient is expected to close some of them. What created the hospital crisis, what can be done to fix them and why might New York City hospitals get the short end of the reform stick?
From Chinni to Chennai
Dante Chinni, political columnist for the Christian Science Monitor,
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Vir Singh journalist working for the B.N.A media consortium and a freelancer for NPR
- on Prime Minister Singh's ...
- on the Indian Prime Minister's visit and other news from Washington
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Vir Singh journalist working for the B.N.A media consortium and a freelancer for NPR
- on Prime Minister Singh's ...
What Ails NY Healthcare?
Gale Scott, reporter for Crain's New York Business covering health and hospitals, works on their daily newsletter Health Pulse,
- on Albany's reform plan for New York hospitals
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Clifford Levy, reporter for the New York Times,
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- on Albany's reform plan for New York hospitals
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Clifford Levy, reporter for the New York Times,
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Open Phones
in the latest installment of the summer series Democracy Wonk, Pakistani and Pakistani American listeners weigh in with their views on the roots of terrorism
New York 51
New York 51: District 46
Lewis Fidler New York City Councilmember, (D-District 46, Brooklyn)
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New York 51: District 8
Philip Reed Councilman for District 8 (Manhattan Valley, East Harlem and part of the South ...
Lewis Fidler New York City Councilmember, (D-District 46, Brooklyn)
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New York 51: District 8
Philip Reed Councilman for District 8 (Manhattan Valley, East Harlem and part of the South ...
Bill Kristol Calls it Again?
Your blogger does not enjoy spreading rumors, especially about potential nominees for the Supreme Court (these have bitten us in the behind before). But, in the sad and admittedly unlikely case that this blog is the only one you visit today: EDITH CLEMENT IS BEING TOUTED AS THE PRESIDENT'S NOMINEE FOR SUPREME COURT! W will make the announcement tonight at nine.
Last month, Bill Kristol correctly guessed that O'Connor might resign before Rehnquist. Did he nail this one too on Fox News Sunday last Sunday?:
"I think he wants to pick a woman -- a conservative woman. There are plenty of conservative women on the federal appeals court."
Photo File: Gale Scott and Lewis Fidler
Gale Scott of Crain's
Councilman Lewis Fidler
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