Monday, May 24, 2010

Relationship of Every couple

Loving and losing people can teach you a lot about relationships. Often people who have failed relationships can tell you what not to do in relationships.
Why do relationships fail? What are the causes? Let’s look at the causes of relationship failures and what to do about it?



1. Lack of communication: Communication can break or make a relationship. Communication is so vital for a relationship that it can’t be stressed enough. Without communication, doubts take place of faith and fights conquer the love. Hence lack of communication is the main factor in relationship failures.

2. Petty fights: Often we fight about something that is not important to either f the partners. Relationships are like sea-saws where one partner is up at one time and the other partner the other.. When we fight over petty things we need to find out what is more important, the thing or the human being.

3. Self centeredness or selfishness: At times we are so wrapped up in ourselves that we seldom realize that the other person also wants something from us. We are bothered about our pains and problems and sometimes forget our partner too. We need to step into the other person’s shoes and see their point of view


4. Egoistic attitude: This problem is with men more than women. Men think its beneath them to be concerned about their partners. Some of them feel that they will be labeled as “hen pecked” if they are too sensitive to their spouse. As a result they become dominating and cold to their partners and relationships fail.

5. Impotency issues: Erectile dysfunction also kills a relationship. Men do not want to reveal that they are unable to perform and hide behind ego, anger and excuses. As a result their partners become disillusioned and walk away. These days there are many solutions like Buy Vigrx and Vigrx which can cure this problem at a lower cost.

Nowadays, men and women are no longer dependent upon each other. Relationships are a matter of choice and not compulsion. Hence, understanding the other person and accepting the other person is important. That is the secret to a successful relationship.

Friday, May 21, 2010

How Will Medicare Costs Be Cut?



Q.
The law will reduce payments to Medicare by $500 billion over the next 10 years, and the cost will be paid for by reducing “waste and fraud.” Does the law say how this will be done? — Bob Frishman
A.
Although “waste” is a word open to interpretation, there are several ways that the new health law will trim the Medicare program over the next 10 years. One of the biggest — and most widely publicized — is a reduction in payments to the Medicare Advantage plans that about a quarter of Medicare beneficiaries belong to. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that bringing the private plan payments into line with those of traditional Medicare will mean a savings of $136 billion over 10 years. Consumer advocates and policy experts agree that the cuts will lead to changes: some plans will likely shut down entirely, while others may no longer offer some of the extras, like gym memberships or vision and dental coverage, that they currently make available.
Roughly $200 billion will be cut by reducing payment increases to hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies and other providers, said David Certner, legislative policy director for AARP. Payment increases will be tied to productivity and quality improvements. “We think these cuts won’t harm the program,” he said.
There are several initiatives that are intended to fight Medicare fraud and abuse, but they are not generally big-ticket items. They include data-sharing arrangements to identify fraudulent providers more effectively, increased background checks and a national provider prescreening program. The law also requires providers and suppliers to establish compliance programs and increases the penalties for filing false claims.
Although there are cuts to the program, there are investments, too, said Mr. Certner. These include closing the Medicare prescription drug doughnut hole, adding free preventive care for Medicare beneficiaries and improving pay for primary care doctors.
The Medicare changes will also strengthen the program by extending the life of the Medicare trust fund by at least 10 years, said Mr. Certner. “The status of the trust fund is not something that most people think about personally,” he said. “But that’s pretty significant.”

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Teen Pregnancy Rate Is On the Rise



The number of teens having babies, as well as the rate in which they are having babies, is on the rise, with the highest teen birth rates being seen in the South and Southeast portions of the country. The decline in teen pregnancy that the U.S. has experienced for fourteen years seems to be over, and there are several factors that may be playing key roles.

A new report, “Births: Final Data for 2006,” issued by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, provides a state-by-state view of teen births, based on all birth certificates issued in 2006 by the U.S. The report also offers some interesting data on a range of topics such as unmarried mothers, multiple births, smoking while pregnant, Caesarean delivery, preterm births, and low birth weights. Of the 4.3 million births reported in 2006, around 435,000 of the births were to mothers from 15 to 19 years old, an increase of approximately 21,000 more teens having babies than in 2005. Hispanic girls are giving birth at twice the overall rate and Asian and Pacific Islander girls reported teen pregnancies at half of the national average. While Mississippi, New Mexico, and Texas reported the highest teen pregnancy rates, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts reported the lowest rates. Over half of the fifty states reported increases in teen birth rates.