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Healthcare and Information Technology
The Obama recovery plan contains $19 billion to help American doctors computerize their records. Will Information Technology reduce the costs of healthcare and the incidence of medical error or make things worse? Also, the Fed may be saving credit markets, but who'll save the Fed? On Reporter's Notebook, America's veterans on the sixth anniversary of the war in Iraq.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenThe Obama recovery plan contains $19 billion to help American doctors computerize their records. Will Information Technology reduce the costs of healthcare and the incidence of medical error or make things worse? Also, the Federal Reserve may be saving credit markets, but who'll save the Fed? On Reporter's Notebook, on the sixth anniversary of the war in Iraq, what's the outlook for American veterans?
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3 storiesFed Saving Credit Markets, but Who'll Save the Fed?
Yesterday the Federal Reserve announced plans to essentially print up a trillion dollars in new money to buy up Treasury debt and mortgage-backed securities. Stock markets in Europe and Asia reacted favorably today, and Wall Street wavered between gains and losses.
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Some studies show that information technology cuts costs and improves healthcare in medical groups with hundreds or thousands of doctors. But most American doctors practice in groups of just ten or less, and they can't afford it.
Read the story35 minOn the Sixth Anniversary of the US Invasion of Iraq
After six years of deadly violence and the expenditure of tens of billions of dollars, the war in Iraq appears to be winding down. But, on this sixth anniversary of the invasion, what about the Americans who've made the biggest sacrifices of all, the military veterans and their families?
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