Mostly stashing these for my own reference, but I figure some of you out there could get some use out of them.

Hospital Compare: http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/Hospital/Search/Welcome.asp?version=default&browser=IE%7C6%7CWinXP&language=English&defaultstatus=0&pagelist=Home
Compares M&M rates for various conditions at various hospitals. Supposedly has some focus on Medicare.

Bankrate Safe & Sound:
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/safesound/ss_home.asp
Rates the security of banks/credit unions based on reported data. (Claims to go from 1-5 stars, but I have yet to see any under 3 or above 4. The overwhelming majority I searched had 4.)

And, just for fun...

Indexed
http://indexed.blogspot.com/
Some random blogger's pithy attempt at putting the world on index cards.

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