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 World Cuisine Silicone Nonstick 16-3/8-by-11-5/8-Inch Baking Mat $18.00 This silicone mat is fabulous! I use it under items I'm baking. I also freeze individual pieces of produce to keep them from sticking together and I use it under them (mushroom slices for example) before putting them in the freezer. Then, once frozen, they just slide off of the mat and I am able to freeze them together in a bag. Don't know why I waited so long to purchase one of these! I no longer have to use parchment paper to keep things from sticking. It will be a big money saver.  Frontline: Sick Around the World $24.99 This documentary is very well done and cogently presented and organized. Frontline has correspondent T.R. Reid travel the globe to study health care system in six different countries to show how America could possibly use or take parts of their health care system in order to fix our own ailing system. T.R. Reid goes to Great Britain, Japan, Switzerland, Germany and the small island nation of Taiwan and what he discovers is fascinating. For example, the British don't ever pay a medical bill under their National Health Services system. There can be a wait to see a doctor in some cases but wait times have been cut down drastically since the 1990s and that's quite impressive. Doctors even get a bonus for keeping their patients healthy! In Japan, everyone must sign up for health insurance but the government pays for people who are too poor to afford health insurance. They have a fixed price system and no waiting time to see a doctor. Unfortunately, as you'll see when you watch this documentary, there are issues and a real downside to the Japanese system. Switzerland changed to universal health care in the 1990s; and that vote was close! The state pays for the poor and health insurance companies can't make a profit. So how do the health insurance companies stay alive? Watch and find out! Germany has universal health care that is excellent although despite its excellence rich people can opt out of the system. Germans pay insurance premiums based on their income and your health insurance continues even if you've lost your job. Is there a downside or are there other issues regarding this story? Yes--but I won't spoil it for you. Taiwan has grown considerably; as recently as the 1980s about half of Taiwanese people had no health insurance at all. What did they do? They looked at many different health care systems from all over the world and tried, rather successfully, to take only the good parts from several different national programs--and it's working for them although as you'll see this is still not a perfect system. This documentary is very timely given what the Congress is debating and what the Obama administration wants for our country in the way of universal health coverage. There are major lessons and conclusions drawn at the end of this film that will enlighten you; and it helps to see where these systems succeed and where they fail. I recommend this for anyone interested in the current health care debate; and people studying this topic for any other reason would do well to add this to their collections.  Supersoles Silicone Insole, 1 pair, Men: 12.5 - 13 $36.00 Supersoles Silicone Insole, 1 pair, Men: 12.5 - 13 A full-length insole used to help relieve metatarsal pain, tired, aching feet, sore knee joints and back pain.. Can be used to treat: back & joint pain, diabetic foot, plantar pain, splayfoot, metatarsalgia, hyperkerastosis, Fat pad atrophy, Morton”Ēs neuroma, forefoot and toe deformities.. 100% silicone. Size: men 5-13 | women 5-12 Product photo may not exactly match the product offered for sale. Please refer to the product description. |
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