Factors into all of that the q4 Consumer Spending looking odd on a day when the nasdaq is posting a new 52week low. Last year, the encouragement was everybody get out and buy your stuff early because supplies are uncertain. This year, it seems like retailers are trying to get people spending early because theyre not sure if theyre going to spend later, even though theres actually oversupply in some cases yeah, and that sort of estimate from adobe shows people are getting out and spending you saw that number higher that doesnt say anything about the uncertainty that were going to face for the rest of the Holiday Season when consumers are still facing higher gas prices, higher home prices, higher rent, higher food prices so will those discounts lure them back in this is certainly something we have been asking for a while now. How is that going to weigh on the bottom line. We just heard from courtney reagan, that was interesting how is the consumer heading into this Holiday Season, yes, s
Behavior and causes providers to provide Higher Quality care and total cost of care. [inaudible] Health Care Costs are down, but i think Something Else that is going within the Medicare Program that we are seeing, fundamentally different patterns and controlling hospital remissions, why we have this tremendous variation and cost around the country they thank you for the opportunity to speak today. It is great to be here. We return to sheila burke, who is on the faculty at harvard university, a big chunk of her working life was right here in the senate vote as chief of staff to senator bob dole, both majority and minority. And the chief minister and officer in this body. I think it is worth noting with todays discussion that she has a degree in nursing and worked as a nurse in her career. So she has been closely involved in Health Care Issues for very long time. We are very pleased to have you with us. Thank you very much. It would be frightening to put me back in award. [laughter] no f
Sometimes you have to forgo things that in your mind are ethical, legal, and effective because secondary and tertiary effects of taking that course of action main lets take target of killing. I said on cnn sunday morning, there was a time i knew there were secondary effects was the primary effect was so important because of the degree of danger that existed at the time. Now the environment as changed the degree is somewhat different. Now those effects might become dominant. Yes, i can see a down side for doing things that you believe are effective and legal and appropriate if it denies you the cooperation of others who see it in a different way. I think were all aware of that. We knew that. In 2006, it was huddle up, the world has changed, what is appropriate Going Forward with no judgment whatsoever on what went on before. Different circumstances, different people. Not not having read the report, i would say that become its released it needs to be fixed if, in fact the Interrogation P
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