The writing of the article was not as precise as it needed to be (I assume for the sake of saving space and words). It was a summary given in lay terms to an audience that could dig deeper into the source research results if they needed further clarification.
"After private equity acquisition, Medicare beneficiaries admitted to private equity hospitals experienced a 25.4% increase in hospital-acquired conditions compared with those treated at control hospitals. ... This increase in hospital-acquired conditions was driven by a 27.3% increase in falls and a 37.7% increase in central line–associated bloodstream infections at private equity hospitals, despite placing 16.2% fewer central lines."
Why are you disappointed? Was it because they launched the site or because they raised the threshold? Since there has never been another site like this the effective threshold for past administrations was infinite. I think 100,000 is better than nothing.
Glancing at the list, I see there are only four companies in the world who cannot claim they don't have a single product on Kapersky's top 10 vulnerabilities list.
You don't need to be a mechanic to change oil, but a small amount of mechanical knowledge helps quite a bit. I am talking about knowledge such as what is a drain plug, what is oil, what is an oil filter. Most people have at least a rudimentary knowledge of how a car works. Computing is still magic to many people, and it should not be.
I appreciated his sharing the email from the attorney/CPA. Now I know there are others out there like me that enjoy computing more than counting money. We should start a recovering CPA support group.
That's probably why YT is being so aggressive then: to keep the FBI off them. It is truly a depressing world when film/recording industry lobbies and law enforcement agencies get away with stifling free market competition in order to maintain the status quo distribution of wealth.
Is there a viable alternative to YouTube that isn't as persuaded by the powers that be? If so, and if this problem were pervasive enough, wouldn't the independent content providers prefer that service over YouTube. Then most independent content would eventually be on the other service which would drastically reduce the value of YouTube.
Funny story:
When I first saw this headline, I thought it was something to help people recognize the symptoms of a stroke. It could have have been something that runs on a mobile device and detects "sudden problems with walking or balance." http://www.webmd.com/stroke/guide/stroke-symptoms
"From 1981-2008, average incomes grew by a healthy $12,000. But a shocking 96% of that growth went to the richest 10% of the country. Only 4% of it went to the other 90%."
We are trained to stretch everything - laws, resources, work hours, employee benefits, you name it - to be profitable and make money. We can think of all kinds of schemes and business models to legally extract wealth - whether it is adjustable rate mortgages with balloon payments, absurdly exorbitant executive compensation packages, interest rate swaps, bailouts to subsidize the worthless yet powerful, or government contracts. We think that because something is legal it is right. Being legal is a very low standard when you are the one making the laws. Just because we can doesn't mean we should. This, in my opinion is a major problem with the American economy right now. The most powerful people and businesses appear to be more interested in extracting wealth than in creating wealth.
"After private equity acquisition, Medicare beneficiaries admitted to private equity hospitals experienced a 25.4% increase in hospital-acquired conditions compared with those treated at control hospitals. ... This increase in hospital-acquired conditions was driven by a 27.3% increase in falls and a 37.7% increase in central line–associated bloodstream infections at private equity hospitals, despite placing 16.2% fewer central lines."
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2813379