And can any services really be provided in multiple settings at the same cost as in a centralized location, as the advocates hold?
If it turns out that those goods can really be provided with clean energy, that may be the economic opportunity of the 21st century — and increasingly, countries like China and India seem to see things that way.
This included striking special deals with Congress that allowed the Detroit automakers to count the mileage of gas guzzlers as being more than they really were — provided they made some cars flex-fuel capable for ethanol.
In the first scheme, Schlesinger-Siemens essentially used smaller minority-owned subcontractors as fronts to make it look as if they had provided roughly $10 million in labor and equipment, when it had really been provided by Schlesinger-Siemens or other companies, according to the court papers.
One doctor who took the survey agreed; when asked about training available at their organisation, they said: "I have only ever really been provided with training that ticks boxes for professional regulators and quangos rather than anything which genuinely promotes excellence or advancement in the field".
Why now? "The foundation for all this media attention and for [the state and federal government push for naloxone] has really been provided by more than a decade of activism," says Maya Doe-Simkins, long-time naloxone advocate and manager of the Boston Hope & Recovery Center's national naloxone program locator.
What should really be provided, and compared, are amounts of antibodies per kidney (or per mg of tissue).
"These shows really are providing a great boost to our economy and creating jobs at a time when we really need them," Mr. Bloomberg said.
Previously, local people didn't save any of their income, so the VSLAs really are providing a crucial safety net where one did not exist before.
And there's always a controversy in medicine about the extent to which that type of clinical support really is providing this kind of efficacy.
