and so forth. to a degree, on matter of shifting their focus and selwyn. to the extent of the drug flow, it is still unclear. you never know what you are missing. that is always the question. we know where the drug hubs are, atlantic, phoenix, and they go out in the spoken wheels system. if they knew that, that would stop all of them. the situation in kentucky and georgia, we saw earlier this month the story about the rise of prescription drugs in communities in ohio that particularly devastated by the economy. i thought it was interesting how he underscored the in seriousness of the problem, that kentucky has been dealing with this issue for well over a decade. but much as she described in terms of the problems of the drug flow over the border, it is happening with states across the border. there is a pill pipeline from florida up to kentucky. and states along that way have been affected to the extent it kentucky has been able to pass legislation and has worked hard to p
that five years from now because they have an adjustable-rate mortgage that they could not afford it and they lose their home. the regulators are trying to get the balance right. there are certain communities with high foreclosure rates where we are trying to help state and local governments take over some of these homes and convert them and provide favorable terms to first-time home buyers. frankly, i think we have to understand that the days when i was really easy to buy a house without any money down is probably over. what i am really concerned about is making sure that the housing market recovers over all and it is not such a huge drag on the economy. if it is not, people will have more confidence and spend more and more people will get hired and overall, the economy will improve. i recognize that for many folks who want to be first-time home buyers, it is still tough out there. it is getting better in certain areas but in some places, particularly where there was a big h
multiple tests when we could just do one test and have it shared among physicians on facebook, for example. we could focus on the chronically ill; 20% of the patients account for 80% of the costs. so doing something simple like reimbursing hospitals and doctors for reducing their readmissions rate, and managing somebody with a chronic illness like diabetes so that they are taking mare meds on a regular basis, so that they don t come to the emergency room, that gaves huges amounts of money. so that s what health care reform was about last year, or a year and a half ago, and what we want to do is build on that and continue to improve the system. what the republicans right now are saying is, number one, they can t agree to any increases in taxes, which means we d have to cut out of that $4 trillion, all of it would come from education, transportation, areas that i think are critical for our long-term future. so, for example, they proposed 70% cuts in clean energy. well, i don t
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