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2 days ago · Aggregate US hospital costs were $387.3 billion in 2011—a 63% increase since 1997 (inflation adjusted). Costs per stay increased 47% since 1997, averaging $10,000 in 2011 (equivalent to $13,544 in 2023 [31] ). [128] As of 2008, public spending accounts for between 45% and 56% of US healthcare spending. [129]
2 days ago · The Great Resignation, also known as the Big Quit [2] [3] and the Great Reshuffle, [4] [5] was a mainly American economic trend in which employees voluntarily resigned from their jobs en masse, beginning in early 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] Among the most cited reasons for resigning included wage stagnation amid rising cost of living ...
3 days ago · The 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, also known as the August Coup, [b] was a failed attempt by hardliners of the Soviet Union 's Communist Party to forcibly seize control of the country from Mikhail Gorbachev, who was Soviet President and General Secretary of the Communist Party at the time. The coup leaders consisted of top military and ...
2 days ago · Nicolae Ceaușescu ( / tʃaʊˈʃɛskuː / chow-SHESK-oo, Romanian: [nikoˈla.e tʃe̯a.uˈʃesku] ⓘ, 26 January [ O.S. 13 January] 1918 – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and statesman. He was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last communist leader of Romania.
May 23, 2024 · The government launched several initiatives to address these shortages, including converting public buildings into COVID-19 care centers and increasing domestic production of medical supplies. Unfortunately, the second wave of COVID-19 hit India in April 2021, resulting in even higher numbers of cases and deaths than the first wave.
1 day ago · Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. ( / tʃɪˈpoʊtleɪ /, chih-POHT-lay ), [3] often known simply as Chipotle, is an international chain of fast casual restaurants specializing in bowls, tacos, and Mission burritos made to order in front of the customer. [4] [5] [6] As of March 2023, Chipotle has 3,200 restaurants. [7]
1 day ago · According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), food insecurity is "a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food." [20] Hunger, on the other hand, is defined as "an individual-level physiological condition that may result from food insecurity."
