One in three insured people with cancer encounter serious financial hardships, or even forced to forgo care, because their health insurance does not fully pay for their treatments, says a report released today.
The report, from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the American Cancer Society, details the problems of the underinsured some 43 million Americans with health coverage that doesn’t go far enough to pay medical bills.
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Some Leisure Fitness stores will reopen by the end of this month after a Wilmington investor group purchased the company in bankruptcy court.
Between eight and 11 of the company’s 19 stores are expected to reopen, said Paul Bastianelli, the company’s new CEO. The Newark store reopened on Thursday, and the Bear closeout store has been open for several weeks, he said.
Bastianelli and business partner David Ford are Wilmington-based management consultants. Read the rest of this entry »
CHESTER — The Chester Lioness Club’s monthly dinner meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Lamplighter Restaurant, 190 West Main St., Chester.
The guest speaker will be Rafael E. Pajaro, M.D., founder of Pajaro Medical, LLC., 32 Grove St., Chester. The topic will be women’s health issues.
The Chester Lioness Club invites the public to participate in the discussion and meet Pajaro and his wife, Pamela.
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“We think we are giving good care as we serve all 21 of our [assisted-living] facilities in the Twin Cities, plus maybe 150 people in the community,” she said. “But most of our scores don’t reflect that, and we don’t know why.”
Conway said she trains her home health staff to improve care, not to improve the scores — “but I don’t know anyplace that coaches workers to twist patient assessments so their scores will look good.”
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TOKYO, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) — Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Monday
failed to meet the request of main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
leader Ichiro Ozawa that the government will submit a second supplementary
budget for the 2008 fiscal year during the ongoing Diet session ending Nov. 30,
Kyodo News reported.
“I cannot say clearly when I’ll be able to submit (the bill) at this stage,
but I’m now making efforts so that the Read the rest of this entry »
Before you leave for that romantic vacation, check out some suggestions from Men’s Health. The magazine offers ways to thwart couples’ common traveling woes:
If you’re going away for a long weekend, and she — or he, for that matter — packs enough clothes for the whole summer, give the packing offender the forecast for the time you’re traveling and a list of planned activities. Knowing what to expect may help reduce excessive cargo. If you want Read the rest of this entry »
BAGHDAD (AP) — A kidney specialist who fled Iraq’s bombings, kidnappings and sectarian killings 20 months ago has reported back to work at his Baghdad hospital — one of some 800 doctors who have returned over the summer.
Doctors are just a tiny group among Iraq’s more than 4 million refugees and displaced, but Iraq’s health minister says their homecoming sends a message to other emigres that security has “improved dramatically.” Read the rest of this entry »
Superior Court Judge Alfred Dempsey sentenced a cop-killer to life in prison without parole Monday, saying the defendant’s psychiatric evaluations made seeking the death penalty unnecessary.
“This is an inexplicable tragedy,” he said. “I’ve read over these (psychiatric reports) that the public will not necessarily see … that I will say justifies the plea we’re taking here today.”
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STATESVILLE, N.C. — The North Carolina Highway Patrol says a woman died Thursday night when her husband accidentally drove off the road and crashed while trying to get her to a hospital.According to state troopers, Lisa Redmon, 45, died at the scene of the crash on Highway 21 at Noel Road late Thursday night.Tyrone Redmon, 45, was airlifted to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, but he is expected to recover from his injuries.Troopers say that Redmon Read the rest of this entry »
I thought I knew how fitness centers make money.
They sell lots of memberships at low prices, assuming many people will just stop showing up. The fitness center is built and staffed for the regulars, so the money from the no-shows is profit.
That’s not how entrepreneur David von Storch does it.
“Our model is different,” said von Storch, founder and owner of three VIDA Fitness centers in downtown Washington. Von Storch has built high-end fitness Read the rest of this entry »