| Luncheon marks 45 years of honoring women
When Sharon Rab learned she had been named one of this year's Ten Top Women, she immediately thought of her friend Betty Dietz Krebs. "She was a lovely woman and, in her own right, a feminist for her time," says Rab, who traveled with Krebs to New York while working as education director for the Muse Machine. .
American Community Introduces APEP Choices(TM), an Affordable Plan For Small Groups
American Community Mutual Insurance Company, a leading provider of Individual and Group health insurance, announced today of the introduction of APEP Choices(TM), an affordable plan for small groups in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska and Ohio. .
Sweat More, Pay Less
Sweat More, Pay Less
Companies have long married their health-care policies to wellness programs that encourage employees to lead a healthy lifestyle--to quit smoking, eat right, and exercise more often. Increasingly, these programs give workers' wallets a workout, too. On Oct. 11, Des Moines-based Principal Financial Group (PFG ) launched a product that asks participants with health risks to try to shape up or pay more. All employees start with Principal's "enhanced coverage," which has lower deductibles and co-pays than the "standard coverage." But then employees are asked to submit to a screening. Those who reach a score based on a set of criteria keep the lower-cost coverage. Those who don't will be urged to work with a plan-provided health coach to improve their scores.
State of Arkansas Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Services Selects U.S. Care Management for ...
The State of Arkansas Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Services has selected U.S. Care Management (formally Specialty Disease Management) to provide obstetrical and infant health management services to assist in improving birth outcomes and reducing costs associated with complicated pregnancies, pre-term births and high-risk infants among Medicaid participants in Crittenden, Phillips and St. Francis Counties, Arkansas. The pilot program, called BirthWait®, began in June 2007 and will continue for two years. .
Support sprouts in Hudson Valley for locally grown food
Pound Ridge teenager Eliza Mutino is celebrating Thanksgiving weekend the traditional way - with family, turkey and the bounty of the harvest. This year, the harvest is closer to home for Mutino's family, with apples, squash and pumpkins grown locally - if not within earshot of the table where thanks is said, at least within 100 miles. Mutino, a senior at John Jay High School in the Katonah-Lewisboro district, started eating fruits and vegetables from local farms and farmers markets for a science research project for school. After weeding the processed food from her diet for four months - Goldfish crackers were the hardest to cull - Mutino lost 17 pounds and her cholesterol dropped by 40 points. "I completely altered my way of eating," she said.
Early addictions: Former meth user recalls drug's first days in Carlsbad
Editor's note: This is part of an occasional series on methamphetamine's hold on North County.The teenage boys sat at the late-night Carlsbad coffee shop, twitching and anxious, laughing and loud, out of their minds on methamphetamine and oblivious to the police officers sitting in the next booth. The police, apparently unaware that they were witnessing the effects of a deadly drug that was quickly gaining a foothold in their city, were likewise oblivious to the boys' ruckus. It was the early 1980s, and Robert Church, 39, was one of those boys."In the early days, police were not even hip to meth at all," Church said in a recent interview.The fast-spreading drug seemed one step ahead of the law back then. Penalties for possession were light, users were not as easily recognized and the drug itself was plentiful.A commercial laboratory on Palomar Airport Road openly sold what could only be called do-it-yourself meth kits, with precursor chemicals, heating elements, flasks and cooling devices packaged together for their customers, Church said.The lab eventually was shut down, but by then meth had become the drug of choice for many in the community.Old and the newChurch said the emergence of meth in Carlsbad was quick and a seemingly natural outgrowth of the small beach town's permissiveness and laid-back character."Carlsbad then was nothing like Carlsbad today," he said about his childhood city of the 1970s.
News 11 Investigative Report: The Excuse Machine
Looking to fool your boss, so you can get the day off? Admittedly, there some high tech new ways. But if you get caught, losing your job might be just the beginning of your problems, reports News 11's Dan Bumpus. Many employees treat their sick time like extra vacation days, and some people have discovered, you can now go online for fake doctor notes and funeral announcements that seem to make calling in sick -- a snap. But beware -- you aren't just pulling a fast one on your boss. You are also breaking the law. Still, ask almost anyone, and they'll probably admit to telling a tale so they could miss work. "I've definitely called off before and said my cousin is sick, have to go take care of 'em," says Michael Yoder, a part-time worker.
Strike bill support declining: poll
The Tory government spent $39,500 on a series of six public opinion polls that show Nova Scotians support anti-strike legislation for health-care workers. The polls, conducted by Thinkwell Research, also suggest the public's resolve has weakened slightly through the course of the year. "We believe the majority of Nova Scotians want to see such legislation," Premier Rodney MacDonald said. "There was some polling done, but I can assure you, I don't make decision based on polling." Labour Minister Mark Parent introduced the government's anti-strike bill in the legislature yesterday. Shortly afterward, he admitted the government had polled Nova Scotians on the issue. The Public Service Commission released the results later in the day. The first poll was conducted in February. It found 61 per cent of Nova Scotians agreed with the idea that "hospital employees should not be able to go on strike during a labour dispute because they perform an essential service." Another question showed 52 per cent supported binding arbitration as an alternative.
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