Q: Tony Blair has been in power for 13 months
Aides to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose Labor Party won power 13 months ago and who is the current EU president, said the leaders acknowledged jointly - and without trying to blame each other - that the EU's Belgian-based bureaucracy is regarded as both remote and overbearing.
A: Yes
Q: Health care would be cheaper under a different system.
There's a -- no, look, there's a systemic problem. Health-care costs are on the rise because the consumers are not involved in the decision-making process. Most health-care costs are covered by third parties. And therefore, the actual user of health care is not the purchaser of health care. And there's no market forces involved with health care.
A: It's impossible to say
Q: 61 percent of health-care costs are covered by third parties. And therefore, the actual user of health care is not the purchaser of health care. And there's no market forces involved with health care.
There's a -- no, look, there's a systemic problem. Health-care costs are on the rise because the consumers are not involved in the decision-making process. Most health-care costs are covered by third parties. And therefore, the actual user of health care is not the purchaser of health care. And there's no market forces involved with health care.
A: It's impossible to say
Q: It's currently predicted that within the next month at least several dozens of people will return to New Orleans
Thousands of people are expected to return to New Orleans this week, as areas of the city are opened up to residents.
A:
Yes