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Real Health Care Reform

Today’s Wall Street Journal profiles Dr. Devi Shetty, an Indian heart surgeon finding a way to deliver quality health care at lower prices.

Dr. Shetty, who entered the limelight in the early 1990s as Mother Teresa's cardiac surgeon, offers cutting-edge medical care in India at a fraction of what it costs elsewhere in the world. His flagship heart hospital charges $2,000, on average, for open-heart surgery, compared with hospitals in the U.S. that are paid between $20,000 and $100,000, depending on the complexity of the surgery.

The approach has transformed health care in India through a simple premise that works in other industries: economies of scale. By driving huge volumes, even of procedures as sophisticated, delicate and dangerous as heart surgery, Dr. Shetty has managed…[more]

November 21, 2009 • 01:11 pm
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A Detroit-area man is facing five years in jail after leaving his date in a restaurant and driving off in her car without paying the bill.
 
According to news reports, Terrance Dejuan McCoy was on a first date with a woman when he told her he left his wallet in her car and needed the keys to get it to pay the bill.  He then sped off in the 2000 Chevrolet Impala.  The woman admitted she did not have much information about her date other than that she met him at a Detroit casino and he told her his name was "Chris."  Police used a cell phone message McCoy sent to her, which included his photo and cell number, to track him down.
 
McCoy pleaded no contest to the charges.  His defense attorney, Terri Antisdale, says McCoy is a "very nice man who made a bad decision."
 
—Source:  The Detroit News

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