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MedPAC maintains that its data show MA is overpaid relative to fee-for-service Medicare, though not all commissioners agree with that analysis.
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Maya Goldman, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
What the Washington primary showed this August was a slight uptick for Democrats, relative to 2022, of about three points.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2024
Modern-day Mars has up to eight times more deuterium relative to light hydrogen than does Earth—which retained its thick atmosphere and thus all of its water.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024
But these lending schemes, including through Xi’s hallmark Belt and Road Initiative, have been criticized for saddling low- and middle- income governments with overly high levels of debt relative to GDP.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024
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Maya Goldman, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
What the Washington primary showed this August was a slight uptick for Democrats, relative to 2022, of about three points.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2024
Modern-day Mars has up to eight times more deuterium relative to light hydrogen than does Earth—which retained its thick atmosphere and thus all of its water.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024
But these lending schemes, including through Xi’s hallmark Belt and Road Initiative, have been criticized for saddling low- and middle- income governments with overly high levels of debt relative to GDP.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Relative to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relative%20to. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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