Billions

Health Care System Wastes Up To $850 Billion Annually, Report Says

Politics Daily | David Sessions | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business


According to a report by Thomson Reuters, the American health care system wastes between $505 billion and $850 billion every year, which is up to a th...

Toxic Assets: Government's New Programs Aim To Buy Buy Banks' Bad Assets, Help Home Buyers

Washington Post | Renae Merle and David Cho | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business


The Obama administration is close to rolling out two initiatives aimed at addressing lingering problems from the financial crisis: A long-delayed effo...

The Train That Never Was

James Moore | Posted 04.08.2009 | Politics


James Moore

The Florida Overland Express was the train that never was. If built on the projected schedule, it would be carrying 8 million passengers this year -- it was vetoed by Jeb Bush.

Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.06.2009 | World


Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Pakistan's Civil War? Facts: Gunmen attack the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday and...