Doctors call them frequent fliers.
They are the patients who leave the hospital, only to boomerang back
days or weeks later. They have become a front-burner challenge not only
for hospitals and doctors but also for those trying to rein in rising
costs.
Typically elderly and suffering from the chronic diseases that
account for 75 percent of health-care spending, their experiences of
being readmitted time and again reflect many of the deficiencies in a
fragmented, poorly coordinated health system geared toward acute care.
"There is a rich tradition of conspiracy theory in Iran," said Afshin Molavi, an Iran expert at the New America Foundation, adding that the word ...
"The dollar may very well see periods of strength in the weeks and months ahead," said Douglas Rediker, director of the Global Strategic Finance Initiative at the New America Foundation. "But in the long run, I think it is clear that it will lose some of its hegemonic status." Original article
"There is a good economic argument to be made that the government has not done enough stimulus," said Niko Karvounis, a policy analyst at the New America Foundation who recently wrote a report warning that the economic recovery is likely to be tepid ...
"I don't see any evidence that Hawaii is in more danger now than before the last TD-2 launch," said Jeffrey Lewis, director of the Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative at the New America Foundation. It took North Korea about 12 days to ...
But that characterization is not always true, said Afshin Molavi, a Washington-based Iran analyst at the New America Foundation who spent time with Basiji while researching a book. "The Basiji volunteer militia . . . are not monolithic," he said, ...
Sure, California's economy has seen better days, our budget is a mess, and we've been wondering whether the federal government might help us out with our cash flow. But the barbs sent our way by politicians and commentators in Washington are getting to be a bit much.
"I think the time has probably come," said Ellen Seidman, a Democrat who headed the agency from 1997 to 2001. "I don't think they did such a great job over the last several years." As word came yesterday that President Obama had put the agency on the ...
"You could get more of an impression of a horse race in Tehran," said Flynt Leverett of the New America Foundation, who said Ahmadinejad is a "really good campaigner" who blunted Mousavi's momentum in their final debate. "There are suspicious elements ...
The election results in Iran may reflect the will of the Iranian people. Many experts are claiming that the margin of victory of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the result of fraud or manipulation, but our nationwide public opinion survey of Iranians three weeks before the vote showed Ahmadinejad leading by a more than 2 to 1 margin -- greater than his actual apparent margin of victory in Friday's election.
