Word: appendixes
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...focused on the monetary incentives HMOs offer to member physicians who find ways to avoid costly procedures. In 1992, Herdrich was forced to wait eight days for an ultrasound after doctors found a mass in her abdomen; according to her HMO, Herdrich's condition was not an emergency. Her appendix ruptured and necessitated emergency surgery, as well as several rounds of antibiotics. Herdrich sued her doctor in state court for monetary damages, and collected $35,000; she then sued her HMO under a federal law that regulates how employers distribute health benefits, charging that the organization's financial incentives encouraged...
That may yet turn out to be the case with the neurons found by the Princeton lab. The mechanism Gould and her colleagues uncovered in macaque monkeys could be nothing more than a useless evolutionary leftover, a kind of neurological appendix. But if, as many suspect, the new neurons turn out to be actively involved with inscribing memories, the old paradigm is in for at least a minor tune-up--and maybe a complete overhaul...
...James E. Foster, a professor of economics at Vanderbilt University who sees Sen as his mentor and has recently collaborated with him on an appendix to Sen's 1973 work On Economic Inequality, says he and Sen "often argued into the wee hours about points in the book." Foster says, "He is very enthusiastic about his work. I wondered how we could...
...infirmary, after I had my appendix out," Montgomery remembers. "He started reciting dirty limericks to make me laugh. He caused me considerable pain...
Cynthia Herdrich says yes - she is the patient described in the previous scenario. After a doctor informed her that she would have to wait eight days to have tests on her excruciatingly painful stomach, Herdrich's appendix burst, sending her into emergency surgery. Her lawyer, James Ginzkey, claims her life was put at risk because her doctor was keeping an eye on the bottom line - and a possible bonus - rather than on Herdrich's health. Ginzkey told the court that there was a place for cost-cutting measures and even financial incentives, but that patients should be allowed...