Branching out?
Is the inflation, and the declining dollar, under control? The credit crisis is not a problem anymore? or the fact that the American taxpayers are going to bailout banks that waisted their investors money irresponsibly is such an achievement that the chairman of the Fed can expend to other areas?
Bolstering the performance of the U.S. health care system is one of the biggest challenges facing the country, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday.
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Challenges, he said, fall into three major areas: improving access to health care for the 47 million Americans — or about 16 percent of the population — who lack health insurance; bolstering the quality of care; and controlling costs.
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The Fed chief didn’t talk about the Fed’s next move on interest rates or the state of the U.S. economy in his speech or during a brief question and answer session afterward.
Or maybe, just maybe, the honorable chairman should stick to what he responsible too. It is damaging enough as it is, so any expansion will be unwelcome.