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Doctors, as they say, bury their mistakes. Now the National Academy of Sciences wants to learn something from those mistakes, and is asking Congress to take strong measures to protect patients from one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. - medical errors. The group issued a report that says such gaffes take a stunning 44,000 to 98,000 lives per year, more than the number of people who die annually in car accidents or from AIDS. The academy's solution? A new federal regulatory agency that would require doctors and hospitals to report deaths to a central...
...should it think it can overthrow a leader like Saddam, who is liked by the people? No amount of bombing or propaganda will undo things so easily. I want the bombings to stop and all sanctions to be lifted. Allow the Iraqis to lead peaceful lives. Americans should ask Congress to stop funding unnecessary operations like the one in Iraq. The money could be better spent elsewhere. M. SHAKIR KHALEEL Bangalore...
...pending surpluses a heaven-sent opportunity to spend more on high priorities like education while still reducing debt? Or is the money likely just to be wasted, whereas if put into the pockets of citizens through tax cuts, it would be spent productively? The President and Congress elected next year will of course not pass either plan in toto. Whatever initial deal they strike can only be a compromise that may well intensify rather than end the debate. Ah, but what a refreshingly first-class debate to have...
Then in 1996 Congress made the proceeds from most viatical settlements tax exempt, and the business really took off. Increasing numbers of terminally ill people, including those suffering from cancer or heart disease, have sold their life-insurance policies to enjoy their death benefits while they're still alive. This year alone, more than $1 billion in viatical settlements, only about half related to AIDS, will be brokered, according to the National Viatical Association (NVA), roughly 20 times as much as when the business began. Relatively healthy elderly people are also hawking their policies for some additional income; $3 billion...
MINIMUM WAGE AS Congress debates whether to raise it, a look at how its buying power has declined...