“The first customers bough pairs of telephones for communication point to point: between a factory and its business office, for example. Queen Victory installed one at Windsor Castle and one at Buckingham Palace (fabricated in ivory; a gift from the savvy [Alexander Graham] Bell.”
- from The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick
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While ACOs aren’t perfect. The idea is a step in the right direction.
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Not quite, Jason. The house voting to repeal something still means it must pass the Senate and receive the President’s signature.
The ABC article you linked to says as much: “Boehner called on the Senate to ‘follow the House’s lead, scrap the law, and work with us to enact reforms that will actually lower health care costs without hurting small businesses and jeopardizing coverage for families.’”