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Outsourcing Health Care

Tuesday, August 15 2006

OUTSOURCING HEALTH CARE

A little more than a year ago, Tom Hiland found himself without health insurance, and in need of major heart surgery. Like a growing number of Americans, he did his research and wound up on a plane bound for New Delhi. Dick talks with Tom about his heart surgery in India. [Photo:Tom with his doctor in India, Dr. Naresh Trehan]

Dick also talks with Bonnie Blackley, Benefits Director at North Carolina's Blue Ridge Paper Products about her company's decision to make international health care available to their employees. Blackley believes that international coverage would save the company money, and employees may benefit from better care.
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YOUR STORY - ECLIPSE CHASER

Brian DayBrian Day works by day as a NASA scientist. But on his vacation, his hobby is chasing solar eclipses. This obsession has taken him around the world -- from Baha to Bolivia, Australia's Outback to the border of northern Mongolia, Siberia.  See photos from Brian's eclipse travels.
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AHMED'S DIARY

Ahmed is incredibly happy these days in Baghdad. He finally has a full tank of gas. But how did he fill his tank with three hundred cars in front of him?
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