Health clinics strained as uninsured workforce grows
Healthright assists families with jobless or underpaid members lacking insurance. Self employed workers, maids, and part time staff cannot afford employer plans, turning to free clinics for help. Hospitals face increased costs due to payer shifts from private insurers to Medicare and Medicaid, driving uncompensated care up.
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Sion
Healthright
West Virginia
Steven Summer
West Virginia Hospital Association
Uncompensated care drives health crisis in southern West Virginia
Health officials warn rising uncompensated care strains hospitals as unemployment shifts workers onto government insurance. leaders urge cost effective programs and broader insurer reform. Doctors and clinics face coverage gaps while patients delay care amid hepatitis C treatment costs and future transplant needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summer
Eugene P. Pawlowski
Bluefield Health Systems Inc
Washington
Mercer County
Tazewell County poised to build state prison under PPA plan
County leaders describe a three year construction window for a privately financed state prison. groundwork will start with site prep while design continues. 250000 dollars in the 2004-05 budget supports water sewer broadband and gas infra. local colleges and school system will train workers for Department of Corrections jobs. local construction jobs and spin-off opportunities expected for Pocahontas community. contractor to hire as many locals as possible once start date is known.
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Department of Corrections
PPA
General Assembly
Tazewell County School System
Southwest Virginia Community College
Jim
Spencer
SVCC
Criminal Justice Administration
Tazewell County
Commonwealth
Pocahontas
Chitwood
Dangers in the Home and Outdoors Warning Details
The West Virginia Poison Center offers guidance on identifying poisonous plants and mushrooms, avoiding toxic encounters with wildlife such as bees spiders and snakes, and safety steps for pets around antifreeze solvents and fuels. It stresses not relying on cooking to detoxify plants and to call 911 for severe allergic reactions or poisonings.
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WVPC
West Virginia
Poison Center
Jody Neal
Meal
Bottonline.com
Obituary notices from Princeton WV include Walthall death
Lucille Litz Walthall 85 of 300 Blake Ave Princeton died Friday June 18 2004 at home. A Mercer County teacher for 30 years she led social studies and English at Matoaka High School and Princeton Jr High. She was active in Delta Kappa Gamma DAR Gideons and church groups. Funeral at First United Methodist Church Princeton with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Bailey Kirk Funeral Home Princeton in charge.
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Lucille Litz Walthall
Princeton
Blake Ave
Bluefield
Fred R. Litz
Willie Peery Litz
Walthall
Mercer County
Matoaka High School
Princeton Jr
Classroom Teachers Association
Beaver High School
Concord College
Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority
First United Methodist Church
Myrtle Bane
Matthew French
Daughters of the American Revolution
Delta Kappa Gamma
Zeta
Women’s
Gideon's International
Claytor Lake
Nancye Litz Bradford
James F
Bud) Litz
Robert H
Bob) Walthall Jr
Carolyn Mathena
Lee
Roanoke
Margaret Jane Walthall
Bobby) Walthall III
Anderson, S.C
Susan A. Mathena
Tracy L. Mathena
Norfolk
Tommy
Ruby Walthall
Robert C. Jackson
Sandy
Joel
Jeremy
Jennifer
Pamela L. Winfrey
Mary Farley
Debbie Small
Norma Howard
Kathleen Bingham
G. Randall Adkins
Roselawn
Funerals scheduled today across multiple towns
Funeral services are set for several individuals with 1 p.m. times at Burns Wornal Chapel in Princeton and McDowell United Methodist Church in McDowell, among others. Burials follow at Roselawn and Resthaven Memorial Parks, with events in Bluefield, Peterstown, Tazewell, Pembroke and Pearisburg, Virginia, plus Princeton and Mary Lee.
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Geraldine Elizabeth Dotson Belcher
Burns Wornal Chapel
Athens Road
Princeton
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Courthouse Road
Aubie Neal East
McDowell United Methodist Church
McDowell
Ethel Mae Godsey
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Diana D. Kiser
Hurst-Scott
Tazewell
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Ramona Marrs
Stallings United Methodist Church
Forest Lawn East Cemetery
Joey Allen Lucas
Broyles-Shrewsbury
Peterstown
Resthaven Memorial Park
Oliver Lee Smith
Burns Wornal
Mary Lee St. Clair
Kendall Funeral Home Chapel
Pembroke
Birchlawn
Pearisburg
Paul Thomas Williamson
Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church
Bluefield
Restlawn Cemetery
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John Ratliff
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Eddie Skeens
Jeff Matney
Jim Bevins
Tom McDonald Jr
Louis Holland
David Cecil
Bud Harman
Kyle McClanahan
Tom Scott
Edd Bunn
Tom McDonald
Jack Buchanan
Roger Powers
Clint Sutherland
Bob Hale
Jack Smith
Eugene M. Cecil
Haskel Arrington
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DeWayne Green
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