Monday, October 12, 2009
In this show. . .
Aiming health reform at doctors' pay
The Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a bill that would dramatically expand health insurance coverage. But if it is going to control spending, experts say, it will have to change how doctors are paid. Joel Rose reports.
Cloud computing has digital downsides
Many computer companies have been promoting the benefits of cloud computing, which lets you access your data from anywhere. But some data experts warn this is a formula for a massive failure. Bob Moon reports.
Corner stores linked to L.A. obesity
A study of South L.A. found the neighborhood had four times more convenience stores than wealthier parts of the city, and a higher obesity rate. The city council wants to limit the number of these stores in the area. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
Money decisions start in the boardroom
Professor Oliver Williamson, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics, talks to Kai Ryssdal about his study of companies and why economic decisions are sometimes better made in the boardroom than in the open market.
Expat Mexicans help folks back home
The money that Mexican migrant workers in the U.S. send back home can make a big difference to their communities. Franc Contreras reports from Michoacan on how migrant dollars are helping improve the local landscape.
Marketers can't find 'average American'
A study out says we've become so diverse that there's no longer such thing as an average American. Kai Ryssdal talks to demographer Peter Francese, who helped write the report, about the challenge this poses to marketers.
'Sorry' can avoid high malpractice costs
Malpractice has been a heady issue for Congress as the debate continues on how to control health care costs. Tamara Keith explores a new approach some doctors and hospitals are employing to reign in spending.
Kai Ryssdal's final note
A quick follow-up on my Nobel Prize prognostication of last week. First of all, it is properly the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, since it wasn't in the original establishment of the award.But more to the point: the odds-makers. Oliver Williamson was a 50-to-1 longshot. Elinor Ostrom wasn't even on the list of possibles. Either way, they still get the gold medal and half the $1.4 million prize.
Marketplace datebook for Tuesday, October 13, 2009
- In Washington, President Obama is scheduled to meet with the President of Spain at the White House.
- The American Bankers Association and the American Bar Association wrap up a three-day conference on money laundering.
- And a symposium on end-of-life advocacy begins at the National Press Club.
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