Malpractice Crisis How suits push up medical costs
Sylvia Porter surveys a rising malpractice crisis with multi million dollar verdicts and soaring premiums. She notes infants harmed at Mt Sinai and in California, widespread insurer withdrawals, and top chef doctors facing premiums over twenty thousand dollars. Defensive medicine and higher hospital fees threaten patient access and costs. The series continues next month.
Should you trust a broker or hire a financial adviser
A reader asks how much to keep in bank versus bonds and stocks, growth stock allocation, and tax efficiency for children. The columnist notes brokers prosper from commissions but can aid long term. recommend a steady monthly plan for growth stocks, keeping at least half a year's salary in cash, minimal bonds, and tax strategies via custodial accounts or trusts with legal advice.
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General Telephone
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Cedar Rapids Emergency Numbers and Public Safety Contacts
Emergency numbers listed for Cedar Rapids include Ambulance 366 7654 Sheriff 398 3521 FB 402 348 1210 Medical Society 365 2527 Fire 998 5343 Highway Patrol 964 5171 and After Hours Referral 398 3955 Police contact Taleora for assistance with billing.
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Highway Patrol
Taleora
Ex Mental Patient Tells Of 4 Killings
Houston authorities say Gary Addison Taylor, a former mental patient jailed on a rape charge, claims to have killed four women in Texas Michigan and Washington. He has not been charged with the killings and remains under bond on sexual abuse and a 16 year old rape case. Detectives cite written and oral statements naming victims including Susan Kay Jackson and Vonnie Stuth, with autopsies confirming gunshot deaths in Michigan.
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Houston
Gary Addison Taylor
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Michigan
Washington
Royal Oak
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Taylor
Susan Kay Jackson
Harris County
Vonnie Stuth
Seattle
Wash
Germond
Debbie Heneman
Lee Fletcher
Toledo
Ohio
Strict Parents Credited for Low Crime Rate in Town
In Gilbert Arizona police chief Fred Dees credits strict parenting for a drop in youth crime. Three sets of parents turned in five boys aged 10 to 12 who burglarized a vacant store, taking model airplane kits stamps an ice cream freezer and radios. Parents contacted each other and brought the youths to the police station. The boys were referred to juvenile authorities.
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Benton and
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Bert Vincent
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