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Mayo CEO: Insurance Reform 'Easy Part;' Health Care Reform that Delivers Value 'Hard Part'
“Value” was the watchword for Dr. Denis Cortese, president and CEO of the Mayo Clinic, in his analysis of insurance and health care reform in the U.S. during his Luncheon address Sept. 18. He distinguished between the “easy part” of reform – health insurance – and the “hard part” of reform – health care delivery. Health care delivery must be improved to create value, he said, or else we will “get everybody insured in a really bad health care delivery system.” Cortese advocated insurance that individuals could “own,” meaning that it would be portable, not dependent on a particular employer.…
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S. Korean Says N. Korea Wants Normalized Relations with US
North Korea wants direct talks with the U.S., to formally end the Korean War and the end to economic sanctions, South Korean legislator Chung Dong-young told a Sept. 18 Newsmaker. Chung said he thinks it possible to "make North Korea abandon its nuclear weapons by engaging them to exchange their nukes for what they really want." He recalled his 2005 meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in which Kim said, "The denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is the testament of my father," Kim Il-sung, whose words remain as "the supreme order that nobody can defy." However, Chung said, that…
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Board Approves 48 Member Applications
The Board of Governors approved 48 member applications Monday, bringing the total so far this year to 297, the same number for the same period last year.The new members are: ActiveSimon Denyer - Thomson Reuters, Washington Bureau Chief; Ian Gerrard - Federal News Service Inc., CEO; John Gizzi - Human Events, Political Editor; Susan Henderson - AP Television, Regional Manager for the Americas; Yuji Nakaya - Kyodo News, Bureau Chief; Mitchell Potter - Toronto Star, Washington Bureau Chief; Hoin Rhee - MBC TV & Radio, Correspondent; Akihiro Shimada - Tokyo-Chunichi Shimbun, American…
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Coach Builds Ga. State Football Day by Day
When it plays Alabama in its inaugural football season next year, Georgia State University may get pummeled by the highly ranked Crimson Tide. But the Panthers won’t get knocked down any harder than their coach, Bill Curry, did on his first day of NFL practice with the Green Bay Packers in the 1960s. Curry, an offensive lineman, lined up across from future Hall of Famer Ray Nitschke. Nitschke broke Curry’s face mask and nose. Despite a disastrous start, Curry stuck with professional football for a 10-year career. He is trying to develop the same kind of fortitude in Georgia State players. “We…
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Kenyan Discusses Village Reaction to 9/11
Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah, a molecular biologist, Maasai warrior from Kenya and incoming Rotary International World Peace Fellow, told a Sept. 25 Newsmaker that his village's reaction to the 9/11 terrorist attacks was to symbolically donate 14 cows -- sacred symbols of life and healing to the Maasa -- to the American people. The villagers continue to care for the herd as a living symbol of peace, Naiyomah said. As "sacred, healing cows," he added, they can never be slaughtered and remain in the care of village elders. The original 14 have calved, he said, and the herd now numbers 35. "They…
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Amnesty International Says Burma Policy Too Hasty
The U.S. should not revise its policy toward Burma until an American citizen and pro-democracy advocate is released from detention, Amnesty International's advocacy director for international issues told a Sept. 28 Newsmaker. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said last week that the U.S. will "begin to engage with ... Burmese leaders to bring democracy to the nation." But T. Kumar said the Obama adminsitration "should first immediately take steps to stop the torture and ill-treatment of (Kyaw Zaw Lwin) and get him released. Get him out, then talk." Burma's state newspaper reported that Lwin…
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First Sec'y of Homeland Security Describes Heroes, Mistakes
Tom Ridge was governor of Pennsylvania for six years, nine months and five days and loved every minute, he told a Club Book Rap Monday. But when the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks occurred and President Bush asked him to come to Washington to create what would become the Department of Homeland Security, he couldn’t say no. Ridge is the author of “The Test of Our Time: America Under Siege … and How We Can Be Safe Again.” He signed copies of the book purchased at the event to benefit the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library. Ridge wrote the book because he believed the first Homeland Security…
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Ken Burns: Parks Define Americans as a People
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns told a well-attended luncheon audience Sept. 28 that he hopes his latest series on creation of the National Park system will boost park attendance, particularly by African Americans and Hispanic Americans, to help build an expanded constituency for the preservation and restoration of the nation's most beautiful and historic sites. "Our national parks are a defining part of who we are as a people," Burns said during an appearance in conjunction with the release of one of his documentaries. a six-part, 12-hour series on the national parks that debuted on public…
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Head of UN Commission on Gaza War Violations Reports on Status
The head of a U.N. commission that investigated claims of human rights violations in the 2008-09 Gaza conflict rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhyahu's charge that any attempts to follow up on the group's recommendations could kill any renewed peace talks with the Palestinians. At an Oct. 1 Newsmaker, former South African Constitutional Court Justice Richard Goldstone also said he regretted the reaction to the report by the U.S., which said it would vote against a move by the U.N. Security Council to report the commission's findings to the International Criminal Court for…
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Williams: Discipline, Drive on Court Can Lead to Success in Any Field
Venus Williams has won five Wimbledon and two U.S. Open Championships on her way to becoming the third-ranked women’s tennis player in the world. She’s also established a clothing line and an interior design business. The focus, discipline, drive and confidence that leads to success on the court provide the skills required to win off the court, Williams said at a July 7 NPC Luncheon, where she encouraged young people to participate in athletics. “Sport will teach you how to compete; how to fight back; how to win,” Williams said. “Sports is the ultimate way to build confidence.” Williams, 30,…
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