Why is health care so expensive in the United States?Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. j.zajac@unimelb.edu.audoi:10.1120/jacmp.v17i3.6426Jeffrey D ZajacThe Medical journal of Australia...
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Once thought of as a backyard sport for retirees, the popular activity actually has several physical and mental benefits for all ages.
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Narrator:So how did this likely become the most expensive weather event in Texas history? The power shutoff in Sarah Habel’s Austin apartment around 2 a.m. on Monday, February 15. Without heat, neighbors lit fires to stay warm. Soon enough, Sarah and her husband heard sirens. ...
Michael Austin, a legislative director with the conservative political action group Americans for Prosperity who presented at the meeting, said he wouldn’t be surprised. “It’s a Trojan horse,” he said. “I can’t give you all the different consequences or str...
Eventually, Blanc du Bois “somehow got to Texas,” says Jerry Watson, owner of Austin County Vineyards and one of the earliest Texas Blanc du Bois growers. He’s also the man behind the Watson Training System, which was specifically designed to deal with the vine’s vigorous canopy. If ...
but I’ll mostly be keeping an eye on the state Supreme Court. What I’m interested in is how close this race is going to be. Ad spending is three times more this time around than two years ago — with plenty from national groups — so we’ll see how that impacts the race.—Ma...
Annual health care spending in the U.S. is estimated to be at $3.5 trillion, and hospital costs make up almost a third of that total. Kaiser Health News, in partnership with NPR, uncovers inconsistencies in its "Bill of the Month" series. This
DUBNER: Let’s say I want to build a 12-story office building, and I want to do it in either Austin, Texas; or Boston, Massachusetts. How much difference is there in the process in those two places? GLAESER: I’m going to revert to the Turner & Townsend data on this, which comes...