The typical American hospital charges between $20,000 and $100,000 to perform open-heart surgery. The 1,000-bed Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital in Bangalore, India, charges $2,000 on average -- and, arguably, provides better quality outcomes. Gov-elect Bob McDonnell will have the “Opportunity Virginia” political action committee as his personal political treasury while in office.
The Virginia Public Access Project spotted the filing with the Virginia State Board of Elections. Money raised through the PAC will allow McDonnell to support all of his political activities and [...]
Interesting piece from the Huffington Post on what they call the next economic calamity:
While the overall U.S. financial system is showing signs of stability, [...]
Sen. Jim Webb has called for greater transparency in the health care debate and today he posted the Senate bill on his Web site—all 2,074 pages for your reading pleasure.
In mid-October, Webb asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to post the legislation and complete budget scores of the health [...]
He’s made it official: Del. David W. Marsden, D-Fairfax, is running for Sen. Ken Cuccinelli’s seat representing the 37th district.
Cuccinelli was elected Attorney General on Nov. 3 and will vacate his seat before he’s sworn in on Jan. 16.
Marsden has lived in Fairfax County since 1952 and has [...]
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SLANT's spokesdog, Rebus, wonders: All other considerations equal, would it be safer for us to have an atheist president with his finger on the button -- nuclear oblivion! -- than to have a Christian president, who truly believes in an afterlife? Wouldn't an atheist president, who' [...] To anyone who has been in a retail store recently, it seems that Christmas has been coming earlier and earlier each year. I was in a pharmacy the day before Halloween and there was already a very limited Christmas display. I understand the mass marketing appeal of Christmas and I'm [...]
Conservative sources are suddenly abuzz with the story of "phantom" congressional districts in the Recovery.gov website that tracks where the 2009 stimulus money (more properly known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) goes. Embarrassingly, the website lists way too many congressional districts. Virginia, [...] 
VCU basketball fans can follow the Rams' 2009/10 season at the Fan District Hub.
I have always been a pretty active, healthy person. Through the
encouragement of someone close to me, I have started taking my running
a bit more seriously. Over the past two years, I have run several races
– mainly 8k and 10k races – with my [...]
The Virginia House of Delegates’ Democratic and Republican caucuses each elected their leadership for the 2010 General Assembly session over the weekend.
The Republican caucus, strengthened after picking up at least five seats in the House this month, re-elected Speaker of the House William J. Howell, R-Stafford.
They also voted [...]
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