Obesity is a world health problem. In the US, every age group is fatter now than they were 20 years ago. They weigh more, but are not any taller. That is not good.

No. There's been some talk of a single player campaign-type mode, but the game is not finished and focus will be on fixing problems and bringing in cash with microtransactions.

Regional variations in care are more than just economies of scale. Treatment patterns can be shown in certain geographical areas. Pregnant women will give birth by caesarean more often in one area than in others, for example. These choices are based both on where someone is educated and where they choose to…

Overall, preventive care does not save money. You can find many review articles on the topic. The care does not have to save money. It is about cost effective use of resources.

All health care systems have to decide how to distribute limit resources. No one is willing to deal with that problem though. Costs expand and people don't get any healthier.

Assuming that people would accept it. The other problem is that regional differences in health care needs exist. The things that people wanted out of reform increased cost. More coverage for more items, more coverage for children, more coverage for preexisting conditions. No more cost, just more coverage. It was…

The US has different expectations and offers more. People will not accept less. The other countries reformed their health care systems before costs exploded. They still deal with it. You see lots of people complaining about NICE and Canadian delisting, but those systems are in better places to do it.

You are overpaid. Compare salary to doctors in other countries. Unnecessary care is 1/3 of US health care costs. It is not taking advantage necessarily. Some is defensive. Other care is due to regional variations. You treat based on you education and the area in which you work. Studies have shown this.

Health care systems vary from country to country and are vastly different in terms of outcomes and cost effectiveness.

But there is no reason to expect any change. Doctors won't accept less compensation or do more work. Provider groups will not get smaller. Patients will not be any less ignorant.

Gates' pledge is bullshit. It simply allows Gates to control his money even after he is dead. The money goes to a charity he created with principles and goals that he designed. It also keeps the government from ever getting a share as he and Buffett donate unrealized capital gains, which are not subject to any…

It is almost as though humanities majors know nothing about science or economics….

Which means what exactly?

It is not the fault of others. Physicians are the ones most directly responsible for high costs. Look at rates of unnecessary care, regional variations in care, poor patient education, and high practitioner salaries.

That comes from a time when health care was really simple and much more manageable in terms of cost. The NHS does not force the community to share the cost of this "misfortune" now either. That dumb baby is dying. People with terminal cancer are denied drugs that could extend their lives for several weeks. Most…

The Man From U.N.C.L.E (2015) is everything that James Bond should aspire to be. The series can't be Bourne. It should not try.

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015) is the best recent Bond movie. Next would be anything Mission: Impossible. Bond has lost everything that made the series watchable.

Not very interesting fact: "Family Matters", "Step by Step", "Full House", "Boy Meets World", and "Meego" (remember that? "Meego?" Maybe this not at all creepy and weird clip will jog memories.) all took place in the same universe linked by Steve Urkel.

"Rockford" was up for a reboot in 2010, but the project was eventually abandoned.

Steam allows a refund for any game if you bought it less than two weeks ago and played less than two hours. it does not hurt to try it out.